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

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species Diplodon vicarius Ortmann, 1921: synonymy
     5 specimens

Diplodon vicarius Ortmann, 1921
Ortmann, 1921. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8: 497, pl. 35, figs. 7-8; pl. 36, figs. 1-2; pl. 45, fig. 3; text fig. 4d.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.9251 (by R.I. Johnson, 1977: 239), creek Aqua Quente, 8 miles W of Iporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Diplodon (s.s.) vicariusOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930)
Diplodon vicariusBonetto (1959), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965)
Diplodon martensiParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta charruanaSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) vicariusOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930)
Diplodon vicariusBonetto (1959), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965)
Diplodon martensiParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta charruanaSimone (2006)

 
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