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species Diplodon fontainianus (d’Orbigny, 1835): specimens
1 available nominal species synonym (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Diplodon fontainianus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Miyahira et al. (2019), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Coastal Brazil, from Paraiba south to Espirito Santo, and the upper Paraná Basin.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map

Brazil

SMF_11418 Brasilien	ZMB_MP_0208 Brasilien	ANSP_61804 Brazil
DMNH_173067 Brazil	UMMZ_111275 Brazil	UMMZ_111275 Brazil
UMMZ_111275 Brazil	UMMZ_22906 Brazil	UMMZ_22906 Brazil
SMF_11419 Cachoeira, Rio Parahyba, St. Rio do Jan., Bras.	SMF_11419 Cachoeira, Rio Parahyba, St. Rio do Jan., Bras.	MCZ_266389 Cachoeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
SMF_11417 Pariqueracu, Distr. Iguape, St. Parana, Bras.	ZMB_37669 Piracicaba	ZMB_37670 Piracicaba
ZMB_MP_0998A Piracicaba	ZMB_45976 Piracicaba Fl.	ZMB_MP_0189 Piracicaba Fluss, bei Piracicaba, Prov. St Paulo
USNM_125744 Piracicaba, S. Paulo, Brazil	CM_61.11125 Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	FMNH_29117 Rio Mogi-guassu, Cachoeira de Emas, Est. Sao Paulo, Brazil
FMNH_29118 Rio Mogi-guassu, Cachoeira de Emas, Est. Sao Paulo, Brazil	FMNH_29119 Rio Mogi-guassu, Cachoeira de Emas, Est. Sao Paulo, Brazil	FMNH_29116 Rio Mogi-guassu, Cachoeira de Emas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
SMF_11422 Rio Mogy Mirim, Quellgeb d. R. Tiete, Fazenda de Joao de Deus	BMNH_1854-9-4-49 Rio Parahiba, Brazil	BMNH_1854-9-4-49 Rio Parahiba, Brazil
SMF_11416 Rio Parahyba, b. Taubate, St. Sao Paulo	CM_66.89 Rio Parahyba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	CM_66.89 Rio Parahyba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
BMNH_MP_172 Rio Parayiba, Tremembe, Brazil	ZMB_101081 Rio Piracicaba	ZMB_101075 Rio Piracicaba, bei Piracicaba
UF_270592 Rio Piracicaba, Brazil	SMF_11420 Rio Piracicaba, St. S. Paulo, Bras.	SMF_11424 Rio Piracicaba, St. Sao Paulo, Bras.
SMF_11424 Rio Piracicaba, St. Sao Paulo, Bras.	SMF_11415 Rio Piracicaba, St. Sao Paulo, Brasilien	SMF_11415 Rio Piracicaba, St. Sao Paulo, Brasilien
SMF_11415 Rio Piracicaba, St. Sao Paulo, Brasilien	SMF_11415 Rio Piracicaba, St. Sao Paulo, Brasilien	SMF_11425 Rio Sta. Maria, geb. d. Rio Doce, St. Espirito Santo
CM_MP_41 Rio Tiete, Salto des Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil; in a lagoon on bank or river above waterfall	SMF_11426 Salto das Cruzes, Rio Tiete, St. S. Paulo, Bras.	FMNH_29120 Salto de Piracicaba, Est. Sao Paulo, Brazil
SMF_11421 Sao Luiz de Parahylinga, Rio Parahyba, St. S. Paulo, Bras.	AMS_201 Sao Paulo, Brazil	DMNH_173047 Sao Paulo, Brazil
DMNH_173068 Sao Paulo, Brazil	FMNH_21825 Sao Paulo, Brazil	FMNH_94155 Sao Paulo, Brazil
MCZ_MP.72 Sao Paulo, Brazil	UF_270585 São Paulo, Brazil	UF_270591 São Paulo, Brazil
UMMZ_111276 Sao Paulo, Brazil	UMMZ_111276 Sao Paulo, Brazil	ZMB_MP_0194 St. Paulo
SMF_658 St. Sao Paulo, Bras.	SMF_168320 Taubate, Sao Paulo	SMF_11423 Ypanema, Quellgeb. d Rio Tiete, St. S. Paulo, Bras.