Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon

species Diplodon suavidicus (Lea, 1856): synonymy

143 specimens + 1 GenBank voucher

Synonymy

Unio suavidicus Lea, 1856

Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 95.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 309 [29], pl. 29, fig. 24.
HOLOTYPE USNM_85727, Amazon R., S.A.

Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicus — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1932), Morretes (1949), Haas (1949), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon (s.s.) (Group of D. lacteolus) suavidicus — Simpson (1914)
Diplodon suavidicus — Haas (1930), Bonetto (1959), Figueiras (1965), Mansur & Valer (1992), Ramírez et al. (2003), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), Nagel (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Prié et al. (2026)
Diplodon rhombeus — Parodiz (1968)
Rhipidodonta suavidica — Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Diplodon suavidica — ITIS (2013)
“Diplodon suavidicus” ** — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Konopleva et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)

Diplodon hartwrighti Ihering, 1910

Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 135, pl. 12, fig. 8a-b.
TYPE SMF_3924 (by Haas, 1930: 185), Lagoa Alagadinha, St. Goyaz, Bras. Amazonas Geb.

Diplodon hartwrighti — Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Bonetto (1959)
Diplodon suavidicus — Haas (1930), Nagel (2025)
Diplodon (s.s.) hartwrighti — Morretes (1949)
Diplodon rhombeus — Parodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicus — Haas (1969)
Rhipidodonta suavidica — Simone (2006)

Diplodon kelseyi F. Baker, 1913

F. Baker, 1913. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 65: 665, pl. 27, figs. 5-7.
SYNTYPE ANSP_109371, Rio Jamauchim, Pará, Brazil.

Diplodon kelseyi — F. Baker (1913)
Diplodon suavidicus — Haas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) kelseyi — Morretes (1949)
Diplodon beskeanus [sic] — Parodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicus — Haas (1969)
Rhipidodonta suavidica — Simone (2006)

Diplodon flucki Morrison, 1943

Morrison, 1943. Nautilus 57: 14, pl. 5, fig. 5-9.
HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_521998, above Munduapo, Venezuela.

Diplodon flucki — Parodiz (1968), Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010)
Diplodon (s.s.) flucki — Haas (1969)
Diplodon suavidicus — Graf & Cummings (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicus — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1932), Morretes (1949), Haas (1949), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon hartwrighti — Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Bonetto (1959)
Diplodon kelseyi — F. Baker (1913)
Diplodon (s.s.) (Group of D. lacteolus) suavidicus — Simpson (1914)
Diplodon suavidicus — Haas (1930), Bonetto (1959), Figueiras (1965), Mansur & Valer (1992), Ramírez et al. (2003), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), Nagel (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Prié et al. (2026)
Diplodon (s.s.) kelseyi — Morretes (1949)
Diplodon (s.s.) hartwrighti — Morretes (1949)
Diplodon rhombeus — Parodiz (1968)
Diplodon flucki — Parodiz (1968), Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010)
Diplodon beskeanus [sic] — Parodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) flucki — Haas (1969)
Rhipidodonta suavidica — Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Diplodon suavidica — ITIS (2013)
“Diplodon suavidicus” ** — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Konopleva et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)