MUSSELpdb
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
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freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon chilensis
nominal species Unio childreni Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
Unio childreni Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Diplodon chilensis
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 20, fig. 1.
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 600.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ — Petit & Coan, 2008: 229.
+ Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis chilensis (Gray, 1828) — Haas, 1969: 511.
+ — Parodiz, 1968: 4.
+ Diplodon chilensis chilensis (Gray, 1828) — Haas, 1930: 179.
= Diplodon (s.s.) childreni (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) — Simpson, 1914: 1269.
= Diplodon (s.s.) childreni (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) — Simpson, 1900: 883.
= Margaron (Unio) childreni (Gray) — Lea, 1870: 44.
= Unio (Hyridella) childreni Gray — Adams & Adams, 1857: 493.
= Margaron (Unio) childreni (Gray) — Lea, 1852: 28.
= Unio childreni Gray — Hanley, 1843: 193, pl. 23, fig. 57.
= Margarita (Unio) childreni Gray — Lea, 1838: 19.
= Margarita (Unio) childreni (Gray, 1834) — Lea, 1836: 25.
