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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 burroughianus (Lea, 1834): synonymy
     76 specimens

Unio burroughianus Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 67 [179], pl. 10, fig. 27.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41796, Rio Paraná, Province of Corrientes.

Diplodon (s.s.) burroughianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921)
Unio burroughianaCorsi (1900)
Diplodon burroughianusHaas (1930), Bonetto (1954), Bonetto (1959), Mansur (1970), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Schleschiella burroughiana burroughianaModell (1950)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilisParodiz & Bonetto (1963), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon burroughianus burroughianusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon (Schleschiella) burroughianus burroughianusHaas (1969)
Diplodon (Schleschiella) burroughianusHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta burroughianaSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Torres et al. (2024)
Diplodon burroughianaITIS (2013)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) burroughianusPereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)

Unio wheatleyanus Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 94.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 308 [28], pl. 29, fig. 23.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85335, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Diplodon (s.s.) wheatleyanusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Diplodon wheatleyanusHaas (1930), Figueiras (1965)
Schleschiella burroughiana burroughianaModell (1950)
Diplodon burroughianus wheatleyanusParodiz (1968)
Rhipidodonta burroughianaSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) burroughianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921)
Unio burroughianaCorsi (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) wheatleyanusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Diplodon burroughianusHaas (1930), Bonetto (1954), Bonetto (1959), Mansur (1970), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon wheatleyanusHaas (1930), Figueiras (1965)
Schleschiella burroughiana burroughianaModell (1950)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilisParodiz & Bonetto (1963), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon burroughianus burroughianusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon burroughianus wheatleyanusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon (Schleschiella) burroughianus burroughianusHaas (1969)
Diplodon (Schleschiella) burroughianusHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta burroughianaSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Torres et al. (2024)
Diplodon burroughianaITIS (2013)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) burroughianusPereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)

 
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