The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Monocondylaeinae | Fossula fossiculifera

nominal species Fossula brasiliensis Ihering, 1910

Ihering, 1910, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 116, pl. 12, figs. 1a-1b.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3794, Cachoeira Funil, Rio Paraguassú, Bahia, Brazil.

= Fossula fossiculifera

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Fossula fossiculifera (Orbigny, 1835) — Simone, 2006
+ Fossula fossiculifera fossiculifera (d’Orbigny, 1835) Ihering — Quintana, 1982
= Fossula fossiculifera brasiliensis von Ihering, 1910 — Haas, 1969
+ Fossula fossiculifera (d’Orbigny, 1835-1843) — Figueiras, 1965
= Fossula brasiliensis Ihering, 1910 — Morretes, 1949
= Fossula fossiculifera braziliensis [sic] von Ihering, 1910 — Haas, 1931
= Fossula braziliensis [sic] von Ihering, 1910 — Simpson, 1914
= Fossula brasiliensis sp. n. — Ihering, 1910

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