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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): synonymy
     5 specimens

Unio caipira Ihering, 1893
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 98, pl. 4, fig. 9.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS TYPE] SMF_3874 (by Haas, 1930: 193), Tanque Paraiso, b. Piracicaba, Geb. d. Rio Tiete, Sao Paulo, Bras.

Diplodon (s.s.) caipiraSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon delodontus expansusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon uruguayensis X expansusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon uruguayensis x expansusMansur (1970)
Diplodon expansusSimone (2006)
Miyahira et al. (2019)
Diplodon caipiraMansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) caipiraSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon delodontus expansusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon uruguayensis X expansusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon uruguayensis x expansusMansur (1970)
Diplodon expansusSimone (2006)
Miyahira et al. (2019)
Diplodon caipiraMansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
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