MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon
species Diplodon paranensis (Lea, 1834): specimens
2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Rhipidodonta variabilis — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Diplodon paranensis — Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Rhipidodonta paranensis — Mansur et al. (2020), Torres et al. (2024)
Range
Widespread in the Paraná Basin, South America.
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
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Argentina
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Brazil
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PUCRS_MCP_8220. Brazil: São Paulo: São Paulo: (Río de la Plata - Paraná - Paranapanema): rio Paranapanema: Sub-bacia do Paranapanema
Paraguay
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USNM_12390. S. Am.
Uruguay
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Uruguay, Argentina, or Brazil
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Genbank Vouchers
There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.