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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Monocondylaeinae | Fossula

species Fossula fossiculifera (d’Orbigny, 1835): nominal species
     36 specimens available.

Unio (Monocondylaea) fossiculifera d’Orbigny, 1835
d’Orbigny, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 38.
d’Orbigny, 1846, Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 614, pl. 80, figs. 5-7 [as ‘Monocondylaea fossiculifera’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_54-9-4-1, Rio Parana, Prov. Corrientes, Argentina.

Unio (Monocondylaea) fossiculiferad’Orbigny (1835)
Margarita (Margaritana) fossiculiferaLea (1838)
Unio fossiculiferusHanley (1843), Sowerby (1868)
Monocondylæa fossiculiferad’Orbigny (1846)
Margaron (Monocondylœa) fossiculiferaLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Monocondylaea fossiculiferaAdams & Adams (1857)
Monocondylea fossiculiferaPetit de la Saussaye (1865)
Monocondylaea (sec. Fossula) fossiculiferaFischer (1887)
Fossula fossiculiferaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), ..., Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Guerra et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Fossula fossiculifera fossiculiferaHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)

Fossula balzani Ihering, 1893
Ihering, 1893, Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 65, pl. 3, fig. 1.
Ihering, 1910, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 115.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_3793, Rio Paraguay an der Mündung des Rio Apá, Sao Paulo, Brazil. [Rio Paraguay at the mouth of the Rio Apá, Sao Paulo, Brazil].

Fossula balzaniIhering (1893), Simpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Fossula fossiculifera balzaniHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982)
Iheringella balzaniMorretes (1949)
Fossula fossiculiferaBonetto (1966), Simone (2006)

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 brasiliensisIhering (1910), Morretes (1949)
Fossula braziliensisSimpson (1914)
Fossula fossiculifera braziliensisHaas (1931)
Fossula fossiculiferaFigueiras (1965), Simone (2006)
Fossula fossiculifera brasiliensisHaas (1969)
Fossula fossiculifera fossiculiferaQuintana (1982)

Fossula venezuelensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1944
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1944, Nautilus 57: 89, pl. 10.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_179759, Rio Guarico, Barbacoas, Guarico, Venezuela.

Fossula venezuelensisPilsbry & Olsson (1944), Haas (1969)
Fossula fossiculiferaSimone (2006)

Fossula piracicabana Ihering, 1891
Ihering, 1891, Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 14(380): ??. [nomen nudum]

Fossula piracicabanaIhering (1891)
Fossula fossiculiferaSimone (2006)

Monocondylaea fasciculifera Ihering, 1891
‘d’Orb.’ Ihering, 1891, Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 14(380): 482.
(error for Unio (Monocondylaea) fossiculifera d’Orbigny, 1835)

Monocondylaea fasciculiferaIhering (1891)
Fossula fossiculifera fossiculiferaMansur (1970)

Fossula braziliensis Simpson, 1914
‘von Ihering’ Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1398.
‘von Ihering’ Haas, 1931, Senckenbergiana 13: 50.
(error for Fossula brasiliensis Ihering, 1910)

Fossula braziliensisSimpson (1914)

Fossula balzani mattogrossensis Ihering, 1915
Ihering, 1915, Ammexp No. 5, Comm. Linhas Tel. Estrat Matto-Gross no Amazonas: 13, Abb. 4-5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Fossula balzani Ihering, 1893)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNRJ_34322,

Fossula balzani mattogrossensisIhering (1915)
Fossula fossiculifera balzaniHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982)
Haasica balzani mattogrossensisMorretes (1949)
Fossula fossiculiferaBonetto (1966), Simone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Fossula fossiculiferaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), ..., Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Guerra et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Fossula balzaniSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Fossula brasiliensisIhering (1910), Morretes (1949)
Fossula braziliensisSimpson (1914)
Fossula balzani mattogrossensisIhering (1915)
Fossula fossiculifera fossiculiferaHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Fossula fossiculifera balzaniHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982)
Fossula fossiculifera braziliensisHaas (1931)
Fossula venezuelensisPilsbry & Olsson (1944), Haas (1969)
Iheringella balzaniMorretes (1949)
Haasica balzani mattogrossensisMorretes (1949)
Fossula fossiculifera brasiliensisHaas (1969)

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