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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 delodontus (Lamarck, 1819): synonymy
     175 specimens

Unio delodonta Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 77, sp. 29.
Type(s): SYNTYPES? USNM_150390, Lake Potero, near Maldonado, Uruguay.

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontusSimpson (1900), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Unio delodontaCorsi (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) lacteolusSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1921)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon delodontusBonetto (1959), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Rumi et al. (2008)
Diplodon delodontaTorres et al. (2024)

Unio divaricatus Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 64 [176], pl. 9, fig. 24.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85332A, Egypt? (S. Am?).

Diplodon (s.s.) divaricatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio lacteolus Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 40, pl. 8, fig. 19.

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontusSimpson (1900)
Unio delodontaCorsi (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) lacteolusSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1921)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio fokkesi Dunker, 1852
Dunker, 1852. Z. Malak. 9: 54.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_25044, La Plata.

Diplodon fokkesiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon uruguayensis X expansusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon uruguayensis x expansusMansur (1970)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio brownii Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 95.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 307 [27], pl. 29, fig. 22.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86124, “Mocha Arabia” Prob. S. America.

Diplodon (s.s.) browniiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusFigueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon rhombeusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio rudus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 187.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 266, pl. 43, fig. 146.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85337, Rio de la Plata, S. Am.

Diplodon (s.s.) rudusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon rudusMarshall (1917)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio firmus Lea, 1866
Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 33.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 267, pl. 34, fig. 82.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85113, S. America.

Diplodon (s.s.) firmusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon charruanusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon (s.s.) charruanusHaas (1969)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio paraguayensis Lea, 1866
Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 34.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 271, pl. 35, fig. 85.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85068, Paraguay.

Diplodon (s.s.) peculiarisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio rudis Doering, 1875
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Doering, 1875. Periód. Zool. 2: 45.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 166.
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 117.
(error for Unio rudus Lea, 1859)

Diplodon (s.s.) rudusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusMansur (1970)

Diplodon (Cyclomya) smithi Marshall, 1926
Marshall, 1926. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 69(2638): 9, pl. 2, figs. 1, 7; pl. 3, fig. 6.
(homonym of Unio smithii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_363027, Tigre R., Tigre, Argentina.

Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon burroughianus burroughianusParodiz (1968)
Haas (1969)
Diplodon burroughianusMansur (1970)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Diplodon pilsbryi Marshall, 1928
Marshall, 1928. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 74(2762): 2, pl. 1, figs. 1, 3; pl. 3, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_368237, Canada Grande, Dept. Carro Largo, Uruguay.

Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970)
Diplodon pilsbryiMarshall (1930)
Diplodon delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1962)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1964), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusHaas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wimanii [sic]Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)
Diplodon (s.s.) pilsbryiMansur & Pereira (2006)

Unio delodon Martens, 1868
Martens, 1868. Malak. Blatt. 15: 212.
Strobel, 1874. Mat. Mal. (1): 71.
(error for Unio delodonta Lamarck, 1819)

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontusSimpson (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) lacteolusSimpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio delodontes Doering, 1875
Doering, 1875. Periód. Zool. 2: 66.
(error for Unio delodonta Lamarck, 1819)

Diplodon delodontus delodontusMansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Diplodon bromnii Simone, 2006
‘auctt.’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 255.
(error for Unio brownii Lea, 1856)

Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontusSimpson (1900), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Unio delodontaCorsi (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) divaricatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon fokkesiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) browniiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) rudusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) firmusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) peculiarisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) lacteolusSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1921)
de Gregorio (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Diplodon rudusMarshall (1917)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon charruanusHaas (1930)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970)
Diplodon pilsbryiMarshall (1930)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon delodontusBonetto (1959), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1962)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Rumi et al. (2008)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1964), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon uruguayensis X expansusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon rhombeusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon burroughianus burroughianusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) charruanusHaas (1969)
Diplodon uruguayensis x expansusMansur (1970)
Diplodon burroughianusMansur (1970)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wimanii [sic]Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
Diplodon (s.s.) pilsbryiMansur & Pereira (2006)
Diplodon delodontaTorres et al. (2024)

 
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