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

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species Diplodon imitator Ortmann, 1921: synonymy
     6 specimens

Diplodon (s.s.) imitator Ortmann, 1921
Ortmann, 1921. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8: 491, pl. 34. figs. 5-7; pl. 35, figs. 1-2; pl. 45, fig. 1; pl. 47, fig. 6; text fig. 4b.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.9248 (by R.I. Johnson, 1977: 238), Rio Vaccacahy-Mirim, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Diplodon (s.s.) imitatorOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansusBonetto (1964)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryiFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon martensiParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusHaas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wimanii [sic]Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
Rhipidodonta charruanaSimone (2006)
Diplodon imitatorMansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) imitatorOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansusBonetto (1964)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryiFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon martensiParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusHaas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wimanii [sic]Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
Rhipidodonta charruanaSimone (2006)
Diplodon imitatorMansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
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