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Publication Bonetto (1965): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Bonetto, A.A. 1965. Las especies del género Diplodon en el sistema hidrografico del Rio de la Plata. Anais do Congresso Latino-Americano de Zoologia 2: 37-54.

Attributed Nominal Species

Diplodon fontaneanus Bonetto, 1965
‘Orb.’ Bonetto, 1965. Anais Congr. Lat.-Amer. Zool. 2: 42.

Diplodon parodizi Bonetto, 1962
Bonetto, 1962. Publ. Téch. Dir. Gen. Rec. Nat. (8): 214, text fig. on p. 216.
Bonetto, 1965. Anais Congr. Lat.-Amer. Zool. 2: 45.
Type(s): PARATYPE ANSP_334552, Laguna Vargas at confluence of Arroyo Malabrigo with San Javier River, near Romang (10 km. from Parana Riv.).

Diplodon subcuadratus Bonetto, 1959
‘Marshall’ Bonetto, 1959. unknown publication: 55.
‘Marshall’ Bonetto, 1965. Anais Congr. Lat.-Amer. Zool. 2: 47.

Unio garaniana Bonetto, 1965
‘d’Orbigny’ Bonetto, 1965. Anais Congr. Lat.-Amer. Zool. 2: 51.

Unio greefeanus Haas, 1930
‘von Ihering’ of Authors.
Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12: 192.
Bonetto, 1964. Physis 24(68): 325.
Bonetto, 1965. Anais Congr. Lat.-Amer. Zool. 2: 44.

Unio lepidioir Bonetto, 1964
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Bonetto, 1964. Physis 24(68): 327.
Bonetto, 1965. Anais Congr. Lat.-Amer. Zool. 2: 50.
Bonetto & Mansur, 1970. Acta Zool. Lilloana 27: 249.
Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 267.

Unio sancti-pauli Bonetto, 1964
‘Ihering’ Bonetto, 1964. Physis 24(68): 325.
‘Ihering’ Bonetto, 1965. Anais Congr. Lat.-Amer. Zool. 2: 44.

Unio soliciana Bonetto, 1965
‘d’Orbigny’ Bonetto, 1965. Anais Congr. Lat.-Amer. Zool. 2: 48.

Taxonomic Opinions

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon charruanus
+ Unio faba d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Diplodon trivialoides Marshall, 1922
+ Diplodon fortis Marshall, 1917
+ Diplodon hidalgoi Haas, 1916
+ Diplodon (s.s.) perplexus Simpson, 1914
+ Unio prunoides Lea, 1868
+ Unio lepidus Lea, 1860
+ Margaron (Unio) lepidior Lea, 1870
+ Unio piger Lea, 1860
+ Diplodon podagrosus Marshall, 1923
+ Unio gratus Lea, 1860
+ Unio nocturnus Lea, 1860
+ Unio peraeformis Lea, 1860
+ Unio funebralis Lea, 1860

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon uruguayensis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon funebralis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon gratus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon peraeformis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon hylaeus
+ Unio guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Diplodon asuncionis Marshall, 1926
+ Schleschiella iheringi schadei Modell, 1950

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon guaranianus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilis (Maton, 1811) = Diplodon burroughianus
+ Unio matoniana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio membranacea Hanley, 1843
+ Unio bulloides Lea, 1859
+ Diplodon (Bulloideus ?) perfragilis Marshall, 1923
+ Diplodon subquadratus Marshall, 1922
+ Unio paranensis Lea, 1834
+ Unio solisiana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio paraguayanus Martens, 1895
+ Unio locellus Lea, 1866
+ Unio burroughianus Lea, 1834

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilis (Maton, 1811) = Diplodon paranensis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilis (Maton, 1811) = Diplodon variabilis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilis (Maton, 1811) = Diplodon solisianus

Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis (Gray) = Diplodon chilensis

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontus (Lamarck, 1819) = Diplodon delodontus
+ Unio lacteolus Lea, 1834
+ Unio fokkesi Dunker, 1852
+ Unio rudus Lea, 1859
+ Unio paraguayensis Lea, 1866
+ Diplodon (Cyclomya) smithi Marshall, 1926
+ Unio divaricatus Lea, 1834

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansus (Küster, 1856) = Diplodon multistriatus
+ Unio eurhynchus Küster, 1861
+ Unio caipira Ihering, 1893
+ Unio greeffeanus Ihering, 1893
+ Unio aethiops var. piracicabana Ihering, 1893
+ Unio paulista Ihering, 1893
+ Unio santi-pauli Haas, 1930
+ Unio bischoffi Simpson, 1914
+ Unio guahybae Simpson, 1900
+ Diplodon (s.s.) mogymirim Ortmann, 1921
+ Diplodon (s.s.) leai Simpson, 1900
+ Diplodon decipiens Ortmann, 1921
+ Diplodon (s.s.) semigranosus Simpson, 1914

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansus (Küster, 1856) = Diplodon martensi

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansus (Küster, 1856) = Diplodon aethiops

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansus (Küster, 1856) = Diplodon caipira

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansus (Küster, 1856) = Diplodon greeffeanus

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansus (Küster, 1856) = Diplodon paulistus

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wymanii (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon wymanii
+ Unio apprimus Lea, 1866
+ Unio peculiaris Lea, 1866
+ Diplodon felipponei Marshall, 1917
+ Unio uruguayensis Lea, 1860

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wymanii (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon uruguayensis

Diplodon (s.s.) granosus = Diplodon granosus

Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) = Diplodon multistriatus
+ Unio pfeifferi Dunker, 1849
+ Diplodon (s.s.) santamariae Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon vicarius Ortmann, 1921
+ Diplodon (s.s.) mimus Simpson, 1914
+ Unio firmus var. boettgeri Ihering, 1893

Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) = Diplodon pfeifferi

Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) = Diplodon martensi

Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) = Diplodon vicarius

Diplodon (s.s.) parallelopipedon (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon parallelopipedon
+ Unio acutirostris Lea, 1866

Diplodon (s.s.) parodizi Bonetto, 1960 [sic] = Diplodon parodizi
+ Unio burroughianus d’Orbigny, 1835

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon delodontus
+ Unio rhyacoicus Martens, 1868
+ Diplodon subcylindricus Marshall, 1922
+ Unio parcus Lea, 1866
+ Unio piceus Lea, 1860
+ Unio aethiops Lea, 1860
+ Unio firmus Lea, 1866

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon rhuacoicus

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon charruanus

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon piceus

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon aethiops

Diplodon (s.s.) rotundus fontaneanus [sic] (Orb.) = Diplodon fontainianus

Diplodon (s.s.) rotundus rotundus (Wagner, 1827) = Diplodon rhombeus
+ Diplodon enno Ortmann, 1921

Diplodon (s.s.) rotundus rotundus (Wagner, 1827) = Diplodon rotundus

Diplodon (s.s.) trifidus (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon parallelopipedon

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