Mammillaria mazatlanensis K. Schum. ex Gürke subsp. mazatlanensis in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 15: 155. 1905 sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria littoralis K. Brandegee ex Lindenzw. & Maass in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 80. 1907 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neomammillaria mazatlanensis (K. Schum. ex Gürke) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 138. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neomammillaria occidentalis Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 161. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Chilita mazatlanensis (K. Schum. ex Gürke) Orcutt, Cactography 2. 1926 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Chilita occidentalis (Britton & Rose) Orcutt, Cactography 2. 1926 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neomammillaria sinaloensis Rose ex J.G. Ortega in Bol. Pro-Cult. Reg. 1: sine pag. 1929 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria occidentalis (Britton & Rose) Boed., Mammillaria-Vergl.-Schluss.: 36. 1933 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria mazatlanensis var. monocentra R.T. Craig, Mammillaria Handb.: 242. 1945 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria occidentalis var. sinalensis R.T. Craig, Mammillaria Handb.: 169. 1945 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria occidentalis var. monocentra (R.T. Craig) Backeb., Cactaceae (Backeberg) 5: 3289. 1961 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria patonii var. sinalensis (R.T. Craig) Backeb., Cactaceae (Backeberg) 5: 3291. 1961 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria sinaloensis (Rose ex J.G. Ortega) Mottram, Mammillaria Index: 85. 1980 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria mazatlanensis f. sinalensis (R.T. Craig) Neutel. in Succulenta (Netherlands) 65: 119. 1986 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria mazatlanensis var. occidentalis (Britton & Rose) Neutel. in Succulenta (Netherlands) 65: 119. 1986 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Escobariopsis mazatlanensis (K. Schum. ex Gürke) Doweld in Sukkulenty 3: 41. 2000 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003