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

nominal species Unio guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1835

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Unio guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Diplodon guaranianus

d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 37.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 608, pl. 69, figs. 10-12.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_54-12-4-841, Rio Paraná, Prov. Corrientes, Argentina.

= Diplodon guaranianus

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

= Diplodon guaranianus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Mansur et al., 2020

= Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus (Orbigny, 1835) — Pereira et al., 2014

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

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

= Diplodon guaranianus (d’Orbigny, 1835) Ortmann — Quintana, 1982

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

= Diplodon guaranianus (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 guaraniana (Orbigny, 1835) — Modell, 1950

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

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

= Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus (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 (Iridea) guaraniana D’Orb. — Conrad, 1853

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

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

+ Lea, 1838

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

 
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