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

species Diplodon paranensis (Lea, 1834): synonymy

114 specimens

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image of type lot

Unio paranensis Lea, 1834

specimen image from publicationLea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 99 [211], pl. 14, fig. 42.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES ANSP_41798, South America.

Diplodon (Cyclomya s.s.) paranensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio paranensisCorsi (1900)
Diplodon paranensisMarshall (1917), Bonetto (1959), Parodiz (1968), Quintana (1982), Graf (2000), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) paranensisOrtmann (1921), Pilsbry (1933)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) paranensis paranensisHaas (1931)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensisThiele (1934), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranaensis [sic]Morretes (1949)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilisParodiz & Bonetto (1963), Bonetto (1965)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensis paranensisHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta variabilisSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Rhipidodonta paranensisMansur et al. (2020), Torres et al. (2024)

Unio paraguayanus Martens, 1895

Martens, 1895. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1895: 34.

Diplodon paraguayanusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) paranensisOrtmann (1921)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) paranensis paranensisHaas (1931)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilisBonetto (1965)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensisFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusParodiz (1968), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensis paranensisHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta variabilisSimone (2006)

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranaensis Morretes, 1949

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 20.
Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 273.
(error for Unio paranensis Lea, 1834)

Rhipidodonta variabilisSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Cyclomya s.s.) paranensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon paraguayanusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio paranensisCorsi (1900)
Diplodon paranensisMarshall (1917), Bonetto (1959), Parodiz (1968), Quintana (1982), Graf (2000), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) paranensisOrtmann (1921), Pilsbry (1933)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) paranensis paranensisHaas (1931)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensisThiele (1934), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranaensis [sic]Morretes (1949)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilisParodiz & Bonetto (1963), Bonetto (1965)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusParodiz (1968), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensis paranensisHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta variabilisSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Rhipidodonta paranensisMansur et al. (2020), Torres et al. (2024)

 
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