MUSSELpdb
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freshwater mussels
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freshwater bivalves
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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon ellipticus
nominal species Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856
Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856 = Diplodon ellipticus
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 94.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 305 [25], pl. 28, fig. 20.
LECTOTYPE USNM_84155 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 50), Rio Grande, New Grenada.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Diplodon ellipticus Spix, 1827 — Nagel, 2025: 212.
from the original series SMF 3930/1 (coll. H von Ihering ex Museum Berlin ex coll. W. Dunker)
from the original series SMF 370349/1 (ex SMF 3930)
lectotype USNM 84154 (by Miyahira et al., 2019: 17) — “Rio de Janeiro (rio Macacoú, sic)” (National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC)
+ Diplodon ellipticus Spix in Wagner, 1827 — Mansur et al., 2020: 414.
+ Diplodon ellipticus Spix in Wagner, 1827 — Miyahira et al., 2019: 11.
= Diplodon (s.s.) dunkerianus (Lea, 1856) — Pereira et al., 2014: [10].
+ Diplodon rhuacoicus (Orbigny, 1835) — Simone, 2006: 262.
holotype usnm_84155
= Diplodon dunkerianus Lea, 1857 — IUCN, 1996: [web].
= Diplodon dunkerianus (Lea, 1856) — Mansur, 1970: 76.
+ Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (Orbigny) — Haas, 1969: 513.
+ Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] aethiops (Lea, 1860) — Parodiz, 1968: 5, 18.
+ Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Figueiras, 1965: 233.
+ Diplodon rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Haas, 1930: 180.
paratype SMF_3930 — Rio Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
= Diplodon (s.s.) dunkerianus (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1914: 1266.
+ Diplodon (s.s.) atratus Sowerby — Simpson, 1900: 882.
= Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856 — Clessin, 1888: 172.
= Margaron (Unio) dunkerianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 32.
= Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 90, sp. 485.
= Unio dunkerianus Lea — Küster, 1862: 290, pl. 97, fig. 6.
