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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 piceus (Lea, 1860): synonymy
     42 specimens

Unio piceus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 91.
Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 379, pl. 41, fig. 287.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85643, Uruguay R., S. America.

Diplodon (s.s.) piceusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon charruanusHaas (1930)
Diplodon piceusBonetto (1959), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Rumi et al. (2008)
Diplodon (s.s.) charruanusHaas (1969)
Diplodon rhuacoicusSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) piceusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon charruanusHaas (1930)
Diplodon piceusBonetto (1959), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Rumi et al. (2008)
Diplodon (s.s.) charruanusHaas (1969)
Diplodon rhuacoicusSimone (2006)

 
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