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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon

species Diplodon guaranianus (d’Orbigny, 1835): synonymy
     37 specimens

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

Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianusOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon guaranianus guaranianusHaas (1930)
Ecuadorea guaranianaModell (1950)
Diplodon hylaeusBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeusBonetto (1965)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hylaeusFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon guaranianusParodiz (1968), Quintana (1982), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus guaranianusHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta hylaeaSimone (2006), IUCN (2011)

Castalia pazi Hidalgo, 1868
Hidalgo, 1868. J. de Conch. 16: 353, pl. 13, fig. 6.
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_3892, Rio Imbabura, Amazonas - Geb., Ecuador.

Diplodon (s.s.) paziSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon guaranianus paziHaas (1930)
Ecuadorea paziModell (1950)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus paziFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon paziParodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus paziHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta hylaeaSimone (2006), IUCN (2011)
Diplodon guaranianusBreure et al. (2022)

Diplodon (s.s.) hasemani Ortmann, 1921
Ortmann, 1921. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8: 478, pl. 34, figs. 1-4; pl. 47, fig. 5; text fig. 4a.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.5857 (by R.I. Johnson, 1977: 238), Rio Guaporé, near Rio Sao Simao, Matto Grosso, Brazil.

Diplodon (s.s.) hasemaniOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949)
Diplodon guaranianus hasemaniHaas (1930)
Schleschiella iheringi hasemaniModell (1950)
Diplodon hasemaniBonetto (1959)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hasemaniFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon guaranianusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus hasemaniHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta hylaeaSimone (2006)

Diplodon asuncionis Marshall, 1926
Marshall, 1926. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 69(2638): 8, pl. 2, fig. 2; pl. 3, fig. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_361959, Paraguay R., Asuncion, Paraguay.

Diplodon asunicionis [sic]Haas (1930)
Schleschiella burroughiana burroughianaModell (1950)
Diplodon hylaeusBonetto (1954)
Diplodon asuncionisBonetto (1959)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeusBonetto (1965)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hylaeusFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon guaranianusParodiz (1968), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon (s.s.) asuncionisHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta hylaeaSimone (2006), IUCN (2011)

Schleschiella iheringi schadei Modell, 1950
Modell, 1950. Arch. Moll. 79(4/6): 141, pl. 11, fig. 9.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Diplodon (s.s.) iheringi Simpson, 1914)

Schleschiella iheringi schadeiModell (1950)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeusBonetto (1965)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hylaeusFigueiras (1965)
Parodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) iheringiHaas (1969)
Diplodon guaranianusQuintana (1982)
Rhipidodonta hylaeaSimone (2006)

Unio guarianus Lea, 1852
‘D’Orb.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21.
‘D’Orb.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
(error for Unio guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1835)

Unio hylaeus Martens, 1894
Martens, 1894. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1894: 164.
(misidentified reference to Unio hylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)

Diplodon guaranianusQuintana (1982)

Unio garaniana Bonetto, 1965
‘d’Orbigny’ Bonetto, 1965. Anais Congr. Lat.-Amer. Zool. 2: 51.
(error for Unio guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1835)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) paziSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianusOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon (s.s.) hasemaniOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949)
Diplodon guaranianus guaranianusHaas (1930)
Diplodon guaranianus paziHaas (1930)
Diplodon guaranianus hasemaniHaas (1930)
Diplodon asunicionis [sic]Haas (1930)
Ecuadorea guaranianaModell (1950)
Ecuadorea paziModell (1950)
Schleschiella iheringi hasemaniModell (1950)
Schleschiella burroughiana burroughianaModell (1950)
Schleschiella iheringi schadeiModell (1950)
Diplodon hylaeusBonetto (1954)
Diplodon hasemaniBonetto (1959)
Diplodon asuncionisBonetto (1959)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeusBonetto (1965)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hylaeusFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus paziFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hasemaniFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon guaranianusParodiz (1968), Quintana (1982), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Diplodon paziParodiz (1968)
Parodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus guaranianusHaas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus paziHaas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus hasemaniHaas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) asuncionisHaas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) iheringiHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta hylaeaSimone (2006), IUCN (2011)

 
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