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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon species Diplodon parallelopipedon (Lea, 1834): synonymy 114 specimens Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 60 [172], pl. 8, fig. 20. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85928, Paraná R., Prov. Corrientes, S. America.
Diplodon (s.s.) parallelipipedon [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Morretes (1949) Unio parallelipipedon [sic] — Corsi (1900) Diplodon (s.s.) parallelopipedon — Ortmann (1921), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018) Diplodon parallelipipedon parallelipipedon [sic] — Haas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] — Haas (1940), Simone (2006) Schleschiella parallelepipedon parallelepipedon [sic] — Modell (1950) Diplodon parallelopipedon parallelopipedon — Bonetto (1954) Diplodon parallelopipedon — Bonetto (1959), Schade (1965), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Torres et al. (2024) Diplodon (s.s.) parallellopipedon parallellopipedon — Haas (1969) | |
Diplodon parallelipipedon d’Orbigny, 1846 ‘Lea’ of Authors. d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 609. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 884. Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 447. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1274-1275. Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12: 189. Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 18. Parodiz, 1968. Sterkiana 30: 8. Mansur, 1970. Iheringia 39: 83. Quintana, 1982. Rev. Mus. Argentino Zoológicas 11: 128. Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 260. (error for Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834)
Diplodon (s.s.) parallelopipedon — Figueiras (1965) Diplodon parallelipipedon parallelipipedon [sic] — Mansur (1970) | |
Unio trifidus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 89. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 386 [22], pl. 54, fig. 295. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85352, Buenos Ayres, Argentina.
Diplodon (s.s.) trifidus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1965), Rumi et al. (2008) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] acutirostris — Haas (1930) Schleschiella parallelepipedon [sic] trifida — Modell (1950) Diplodon trifidus — Bonetto (1954), Parodiz (1968) Diplodon (s.s.) parallellopipedon acutirostris — Haas (1969) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] — Simone (2006) Diplodon parallelopipedon — IUCN (2011) | |
Unio parallelepipedon Küster, 1861 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 220. Modell, 1950. Arch. Moll. 79(4/6): 141. (error for Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834) | |
Unio acutirostris Lea, 1866
Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 34.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 270 [30], pl. 35, fig. 84. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85930, S. America.
Diplodon (s.s.) acutirostris — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Sphenonaias) acutirostris — Martens (1900) Diplodon (s.s.) parallelopipedon — Ortmann (1921), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] acutirostris — Haas (1930) Schleschiella parallelepipedon [sic] acutirostris — Modell (1950) Diplodon parallelipipedon parallelipipedon [sic] — Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970) Diplodon (s.s.) parallellopipedon acutirostris — Haas (1969) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] — Simone (2006) Diplodon parallelopipedon acutirostris — IUCN (2011) | |
Unio digitiformis Sowerby, 1868
 Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 333. Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965199, India.
Nodularia (s.s.) digitiformis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915) Oxynaia pugio — Haas (1924) Lanceolaria digitiformis — Haas (1969) Diplodon parallelopipedon — Bolotov et al. (2022) | |
Diplodon fraus Ihering, 1907
Ihering, 1907. Ann. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 14: 461, pl. 18, fig. 129. Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM SMF_3906, Parana, St. Entre Rios, Argentina.
Schleschiella parallelepipedon parallelepipedon [sic] — Modell (1950) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] — Simone (2006) | |
Unio bomplandi Parodiz, 1968 ‘Valenciennes’ Parodiz, 1968. Sterkiana 30: 3, 12. (error for Unio bonplandii Lea, 1870) | |
Unio parallepipedon d’Orbigny, 1835 ‘Lea’ d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 34. (error for Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834)
Diplodon (s.s.) parallelopipedon — Figueiras (1965) Diplodon parallelipipedon parallelipipedon [sic] — Mansur (1970) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] — Simone (2006) | |
Diplodon parallelepipedum Mörch, 1853 ‘Lea’ Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 47. (error for Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834) | |
Unio bonplandii Lea, 1870 ‘Valen’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum]
Diplodon (s.s.) parallelipipedon [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Schleschiella parallelepipedon parallelepipedon [sic] — Modell (1950) — Parodiz (1968) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] — Simone (2006) | |
Unio paralelepipedus Martens, 1894 Martens, 1894. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1894: ??. (error for Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834)
Diplodon parallelipipedon parallelipipedon [sic] — Quintana (1982) | |
Unio acutirrostris Figueiras, 1965 ‘Lea’ Figueiras, 1965. Comm. Soc. Malac. Uruguay 1(8): 235. (error for Unio acutirostris Lea, 1866) | |
Diplodon jickelii Simone, 2006 ‘Simpson, 1911’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 260. (misidentified reference to Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) jickeli Simpson, 1900; error for Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) jickeli Simpson, 1900) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Diplodon (s.s.) parallelipipedon [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Morretes (1949) Unio parallelipipedon [sic] — Corsi (1900) Diplodon (s.s.) trifidus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1965), Rumi et al. (2008) Diplodon (s.s.) acutirostris — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Sphenonaias) acutirostris — Martens (1900) Nodularia (s.s.) digitiformis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915) Diplodon (s.s.) parallelopipedon — Ortmann (1921), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018) Oxynaia pugio — Haas (1924) Diplodon parallelipipedon parallelipipedon [sic] — Haas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] acutirostris — Haas (1930) Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] — Haas (1940), Simone (2006) Schleschiella parallelepipedon parallelepipedon [sic] — Modell (1950) Schleschiella parallelepipedon [sic] trifida — Modell (1950) Schleschiella parallelepipedon [sic] acutirostris — Modell (1950) Diplodon parallelopipedon parallelopipedon — Bonetto (1954) Diplodon trifidus — Bonetto (1954), Parodiz (1968) Diplodon parallelopipedon — Bonetto (1959), Schade (1965), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Torres et al. (2024) — Parodiz (1968) Diplodon (s.s.) parallellopipedon parallellopipedon — Haas (1969) Diplodon (s.s.) parallellopipedon acutirostris — Haas (1969) Lanceolaria digitiformis — Haas (1969) Diplodon parallelopipedon acutirostris — IUCN (2011)
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