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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon

species Diplodon granosus (Bruguière, 1792): specimens
     3 available nominal species synonyms (7 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Diplodon granosus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Massemin et al. (2010), IUCN (2011), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) granosus — Rumi et al. (2008)
Diplodon (s.s.) granosa — Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon multistriatus — Miyahira et al. (2019)

Range

Guyanas, South America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Brazil

INPA_1035. Brazil: Amazonas: (Amazon - Negro): igarapé Irapirapi: Posto Indígena Pohoro (área Yanomami)

INPA_1555. Brazil: Amazonas: Maia, igarapé do posto

INPA_1424. Brazil: Roraima: (Amazon - Negro - Branco - Uraricoera - Santa Rosa): igarapé Paubaru: furo Santa Rosa, cachoeira "Tiporen": 3.55681 -61.63950

INPA_1196. Brazil: Roraima: (Amazon - Negro - Branco - Uraricoera - Santa Rosa): igarapé Paubaru: Serra do Tepequém: 3.65099 -61.68765

RMNH_110752. Rio Aripuana, Amazonas, Brazil

French Guiana

Guyana

CM_61.50. Guyana

USA

Venezuela