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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon hylaeus

nominal species Unio hylaea d’Orbigny, 1835

Unio hylaea d’Orbigny, 1835 = Diplodon hylaeus

d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 36.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 607, pl. 69, figs. 8-9.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_54-12-4-843, Habit. provincia Chiquitensi (republica Boliviana).

= Diplodon hylaeus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Torres et al., 2024

= Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Breure et al., 2022

= Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Mansur et al., 2020

= Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus (Orbigny, 1835) — Torres et al., 2018

= Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus (Orbigny, 1835) — Pereira et al., 2014

= Diplodon hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) — ITIS, 2013

= Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) — IUCN, 2011

= Rhipidodonta hylaea d’Orbigny, 1835 — Bogan, 2010

= Diplodon (Rhipidiodonta) [sic] hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Rumi et al., 2008

= Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Rhipidodonta hylaea (Orbigny, 1835) — Simone, 2006

= Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Haas, 1969

= Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Parodiz, 1968

= Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Bonetto, 1965

= Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1834) — Figueiras, 1965

= Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Bonetto, 1954

= Ecuadorea hylaea (Orbigny, 1835) — Modell, 1950

= Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeus (Orbigny, 1835) — Morretes, 1949

= Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Haas, 1930

= Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Ortmann, 1921

= Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Simpson, 1914

= Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Simpson, 1900

= Margaron (Unio) hylæus (d’Orb.) — Lea, 1870

= Unio hylaeus d’Orbigny, 1835 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio hylaea d’Orbigny — Hupé, 1857

= Unio (Diplodon) hylæus d’Orb. — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio (Iridea) hylæa D’Orb. — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) hylæus (d’Orb.) — Lea, 1852

= Unio hylaea d’Orb., 1835 — d’Orbigny, 1846

+ — Lea, 1838

= Unio (s.s.) hylaea d’Orb. — d’Orbigny, 1835