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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 caipira (Ihering, 1893): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Diplodon (s.s.) caipira — Pereira et al. (2014)
— Miyahira et al. (2019)
Diplodon caipira — Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Upper Paraná, Brazil.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Brazil

PUCRS_MCP_8221. Brazil: São Paulo: São Joaquim da Barra: (Río de la Plata - Paraná - Grande - Sapucaí): : RS 03, Sub-bacia do Rio Sapucaí, Munic. São Joaquim da Barra

PUCRS_MCP_8222. Brazil: São Paulo: São Joaquim da Barra: (Río de la Plata - Paraná - Grande - Sapucaí): : RS 03, Sub-bacia do Rio Sapucaí, Munic. São Joaquim da Barra

CM_61.12979. Tanque Paraiso, b. Piracicaba, Geb. d. Rio Tiete, Sao Paulo, Bras.