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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon pfeifferi

nominal species Unio pfeifferi Dunker, 1849

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Unio pfeifferi Dunker, 1849 = Diplodon pfeifferi

Dunker, 1849. Z. Malak. 5(12): 181.
Pfeiffer, 1860. Novit. Conch. 2(13): 151, pl. 39, figs. 4, 9.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_108717, Rio Negro, Brazil.

= Diplodon pfeifferi

Taxonomic Opinions

= Diplodon pfeifferi (Dunker, 1849) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Diplodon multistriatus (Lea, 1831) — Miyahira et al., 2019

= Diplodon pfeifferi (Dunker, 1848) — Pereira et al., 2014

+ Diplodon multistriatus (Lea, 1834) — Simone, 2006

= Diplodon pfeifferi Dunker, 1819 [sic] — IUCN, 1996

+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969

+ Diplodon burroughianus wheatleyanus (Lea, 1834) — Parodiz, 1968

+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) — Bonetto, 1965

+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) — Bonetto, 1964

+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1931

+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus (Bruguiere, 1792) — Simpson, 1914

+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus (Bruguiere, 1972) — Simpson, 1900

+ Lea, 1870

= Unio pfeifferi Dunker — Hupé, 1857

+ Lea, 1852

 
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