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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Diplodon granosus (Bruguière, 1792): synonymy
     17 specimens

Unio granosa Bruguière, 1792
Bruguière, 1792. J. de Hist. Nat. 1: 107, pl. 6, figs. 3-4.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, figs. 2a-b [as Unio sp.].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1710, Cayenne.

Diplodon (s.s.) granosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1965), Martinez et al. (2004), Rumi et al. (2008)
Diplodon (s.s.) granosus granosusHaas (1931), Bonetto (1964), Haas (1969)
Diplodon granosusParodiz (1968), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Massemin et al. (2010), IUCN (2011), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) granosaPereira et al. (2014)

Unio psammactinus Philippi, 1848
‘Bronn’ Philippi, 1848. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 79, pl. 5, fig. 2.

Diplodon (s.s.) granosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921)
Diplodon (s.s.) granosus granosusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Diplodon granosusParodiz (1968), Simone (2006)
Diplodon multistriatusMiyahira et al. (2019)

Unio famelicus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 294.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 432, figs. 544-544b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5929, Oregon.

Diplodon (s.s.) granosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Hyridella lessoniHaas (1930)
Haas (1969)
Diplodon granosusSimone (2006)

Unio psammaticus Lea, 1852
‘Bronn’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21.
‘Philippi’ Parodiz, 1968. Sterkiana 30: 9.

Unio niloticus Sowerby, 1868
‘Caillaud’ [sic] Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 73, sp. 374.

Diplodon (s.s.) granosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon granosusSimone (2006)

Diplodon expansus Ihering, 1910
‘Küster’ Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 134.

Diplodon (s.s.) granosusOrtmann (1921)

Unio nuloticus Simone, 2006
‘Sowerby’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 259.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) granosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1965), Martinez et al. (2004), Rumi et al. (2008)
Hyridella lessoniHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) granosus granosusHaas (1931), Bonetto (1964), Haas (1969)
Diplodon granosusParodiz (1968), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Massemin et al. (2010), IUCN (2011), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Haas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) granosaPereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon multistriatusMiyahira et al. (2019)

 
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