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nominal species Unio auratus ‘Swainson’ of Authors

Unio auratus ‘Swainson’ of Authors = Diplodon chilensis

‘Swainson’ of Authors.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 199 [as ‘Naia aurata’].
‘Swain.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33 [as ‘Niäa aurata’].
‘Swainson MS’ Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 29, sp. 150.
(reference to Unio auratus Philippi, 1847)
Type(s): FIGURED SPECIMEN BMNH_1965144, I. of Chiloe.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Diplodon (s.s.) gassiesi (Küster, 1856) — Simpson, 1914: 1259.

+ Diplodon (s.s.) gassiesi (Küster, 1856) — Simpson, 1900: 881.

= Unio auratus ‘Swainson MS’ in Mus. Cuming — Reeve, 1865: pl. 29, sp. 150.

= Unio auratus Swainson — Küster, 1861: 161, pl. 46, fig. 3.

+ Unio limensis Charpentier — Küster, 1856: 146.

+ Margaron (Unio) auratus (Swain.) — Lea, 1852: 33.

+ Unio obtusa Féruss. — d’Orbigny, 1846: 610.

+ Unio atrata Lea — Hanley, 1843: 199.