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Publication Parada & Peredo (2002): summary

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Full Citation

Parada, E. & S. Peredo. 2002. Estado actual de la taxonomía de bivalvos dulceacuícolas chilenos: progresos y conflictos. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75: 691-701. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Diplodon (Australis) solidulus Philippi, 1869 = Diplodon solidulus

Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis chilensis (Gray, 1828) = Diplodon chilensis
+ Unio smithii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
+ Unio obtusa d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio depressa d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio atratus Sowerby, 1839
+ Unio araucanus Philippi, 1847
+ Unio molinae Philippi, 1847
+ Unio casaeblancae Philippi, 1849
+ Unio chiloensis Küster, 1861
+ Unio gassiei Küster, 1856
+ Unio limensis Küster, 1856
+ Unio modestus Küster, 1856
+ Unio fragilis Reeve, 1865
+ Unio colchaguensis Philippi, 1869
+ Unio diplodon Philippi, 1869
+ Unio foncki Philippi, 1869
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Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis patagonica (d’Orbigny, 1846) = Diplodon chilensis
+ Unio frenzelii Ihering, 1893
+ Diplodon huapensis Bartsch, 1906