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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini genus Diplodon Spix in Wagner, 1827: synonymy 43 Recent valid species (43 total species) Diplodon Wagner, 1827 Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: pl. 26. Type species: Diplodon ellipticum Wagner, 1827 (sub. desig. by of Authors, 0) = Diplodon ellipticus Iridea Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 283-285, 379. Type species: Unio granosa Bruguière, 1792 (monotypy) = Diplodon granosus Rhipidodonta Mørch, 1853 Mørch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 47. (intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788) Type species: Unio paranensis Lea, 1834 (monotypy) = Diplodon paranensis Cyclomya Simpson, 1900 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 885. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1278. (intro'd as sub-gen. of Diplodon Wagner, 1827) Type species: Unio funebralis Lea, 1860 (orig. desig.) = Diplodon funebralis Bulloideus Simpson, 1900 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 887. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1286. (intro'd as sub-gen. of Diplodon Wagner, 1827) Type species: Unio bulloides Lea, 1859 (original designation) = Diplodon variabilis Ecuadorea Marshall & Bowles, 1932 Marshall & Bowles, 1932. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 82(5): 5. Type species: Ecuadorea bibliana Marshall & Bowles, 1932 (orig. desig.) = Diplodon hylaeus Schleschiella Modell, 1950 Modell, 1950. Arch. Moll. 79(4/6): 140. Type species: Unio burroughianus Lea, 1834 (orig. desig.) = Diplodon burroughianus Australis Bonetto et al., 1986 Bonetto et al., 1986. Bol. Soc. Biol. Concepción, Chile 57: 60. (intro'd as sub-gen. of Diplodon Wagner, 1827) Type species: Unio solidulus Philippi, 1869 (orig. desig.) = Diplodon solidulus Diptodon Lea, 1836 Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 11 [corrected in the errata]. (error for Diplodon Wagner, 1827) Ecuadoria Modell, 1942 ‘Marsh. & Bowles’ Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 186. (error for Ecuadorea Marshall & Bowles, 1932) Iridella Haas, 1969 ‘Swainson’ Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 1: N460. (error for Iridea Swainson, 1840) Rhipidiodonta Rumi et al., 2008 Rumi et al., 2008. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56(1): 84. (error for Rhipidodonta Mørch, 1853) Taxonomic History (since 1900)Diplodon (s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1930), Haas (1931), ... Martinez et al. (2004), Mansur & Pereira (2006), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018) Diplodon (Cyclomya sec. Bulloideus) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio — Corsi (1900) Glabaris (s.s.) — Simpson (1900) Anodonta — Corsi (1900) Diplodon (Cyclomya s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Diplodon — Simpson (1900), Bartsch (1906), Ihering (1910), F. Baker (1913), Simpson (1914), ... Wu et al. (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Breure et al. (2022), Torres et al. (2024), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) Unio (Sphenonaias) — Martens (1900) Nodularia (s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915) Anodontites (s.s.) — Simpson (1914) Diplodon (Cyclomya) — Ortmann (1921), Haas (1930), Haas (1931), Pilsbry (1933) Oxynaia — Haas (1924) Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) — Frierson (1927) Hyridella — Haas (1930) Diplodon (Bulloideus) — Haas (1931), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Ecuadorea — Marshall & Bowles (1932), Modell (1950) Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) — Thiele (1934), Morretes (1949), Parodiz & Bonetto (1963), Bonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970), Mansur & Pereira (2006), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018) Schleschiella — Modell (1950) Diplodon (Schleschiella) — Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Lanceolaria — Haas (1969) Diplodon (Australis) — Parada & Peredo (2002), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020) Rhipidodonta — Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Miyahira et al. (2019), Mansur et al. (2020), Bieler (2021), Torres et al. (2024) Diplodon (Rhipidiodonta) [sic] — Rumi et al. (2008)
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