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

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species Diplodon rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835): synonymy
     102 specimens

Unio rhuacoica d’Orbigny, 1835
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 36.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 606, pl. 69, figs. 4-5.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_54-12-4-838, Maldonado, Banda orientali, Uruguay.

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1930), Bonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Unio rhuacoicaCorsi (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) charruanusOrtmann (1921)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930), Schade (1965), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)

Unio binneyi Lea, 1845
Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 165.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 77 [51], pl. 6, figs. 18.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85170, South America, Alabama?

Diplodon (s.s.) binneyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930), Simone (2006)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusHaas (1930), Haas (1969)
Diplodon martensiParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970)

Unio rhyacoicus Martens, 1868
Martens, 1868. Malak. Blatt. 15: 195.

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Bonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930), Mansur (1970), Simone (2006)

Diplodon subcylindricus Marshall, 1922
Marshall, 1922. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 61(2437): 3, pl. 2, figs. 1-2; pl. 3, figs. 1, 2, 11.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_341375, Arroyo Manga, Dept. Montevideo, Uruguay.

Diplodon subcylindricusMarshall (1922)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Simone (2006)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)

Diplodon yaguaronis Marshall, 1930
Marshall, 1930. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 77(2825): 5, pl. 2, figs. 2-3, 5-6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_380554, Rio Yaguaron, Cerro Largo, Uruguay.

Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970)
Diplodon yaguaronisMarshall (1930), Bonetto (1959)
Diplodon delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1962)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1964), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusHaas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wimanii [sic]Bonetto & Mansur (1970)

Diplodon bakeri of Authors, unknown year
Marshall, in USNM coll. of Authors.
Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME USNM_380556, Rio Yaguaron, Cerro Largo, Uruguay.

Unio charruanus Sowerby, 1868
‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 93, sp. 505.

Diplodon rhuacoicusMansur (1970)

Monocondylaea rhyacoeca Paetel, 1890
‘Orb.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 147.

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon rhuacoicusSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1930), Bonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Unio rhuacoicaCorsi (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) binneyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) charruanusOrtmann (1921)
Diplodon subcylindricusMarshall (1922)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930), Schade (1965), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
Diplodon yaguaronisMarshall (1930), Bonetto (1959)
Diplodon delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1962)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1964), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon martensiParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wimanii [sic]Bonetto & Mansur (1970)

 
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