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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyriini

genus Triplodon Spix in Wagner, 1827: species

2 available nominal genus synonyms (5 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Decorative image of a representative of Triplodon chodo

Triplodon chodo Mansur & Pimpão, 2008

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (19)

Range: Amazon, Madeira, Tapajos, and Jamari rivers, Brazil. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)

syonymy (14 available, 17 total) | specimens (326 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Amazon Basin of Brazil and Peru, north to the Guyanas. (South America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, COII, H3
other links: MolluscaBase

Triplodon trinitaria (Palmer, 1925) (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Pliocene, Venezuela and Trinidad. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

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