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nominal species Unio rhuaconicus Küster, 1856

Unio rhuaconicus Küster, 1856 = Diplodon ellipticus

specimen image from publication‘Pfeiffer teste Charpentier’ Küster, 1856. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 145, pl. 42, fig. 5.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Diplodon ellipticus Spix in Wagner, 1827 — Miyahira et al., 2019: 11.

+ Rhipidodonta burroughiana (Lea, 1834) — Simone, 2006: 264.

+ Diplodon (s.s.) wheatleyanus (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1969: 520.

+ Diplodon burroughianus wheatleyanus (Lea, 1834) — Parodiz, 1968: 10.

= Schleschiella burroughiana rhuacoica [sic] (Küster, 1856) — Modell, 1950: 141, pl. 11, fig. 10.

+ Diplodon wheatleyanus (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1930: 188.

= Diplodon (s.s.) rhuaconicus (Küster, 1856) — Simpson, 1914: 1263.

= Diplodon (s.s.) rhuaconicus (‘Pfeiffer teste Charpentier’ Küster, 1856) — Simpson, 1900: 882.

= Unio rhuaconicus Pfeiffer — Küster, 1856: 145, pl. 42, fig. 5.