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Publication Bonetto (1962): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Bonetto, A.A. 1962. Especies nuevas y poco conocidas de nayades del sistema del Rio de la Plata y otras cuencas proximas. Publicación Téchnica, Direccion General de Recursos Naturales (8): 213-224.

Attributed Nominal Species

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.).

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites ensiformis (Spix, 1827) = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Diplodon parodizi Bonetto, 1962
+ Unio burroughianus d’Orbigny, 1835

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

Diplodon rotundus (Wagner, 1827)

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