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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 suavidicus (Lea, 1856): synonymy
     163 specimens

Unio suavidicus Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 95.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 309 [29], pl. 29, fig. 24.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85727, Amazon R., S.A.

Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1932), Morretes (1949), Haas (1949), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon suavidicusHaas (1930), Bonetto (1959), Figueiras (1965), Mansur & Valer (1992), Ramírez et al. (2003), ... Huang et al. (2019), Guerra et al. (2019), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021)
Diplodon rhombeusParodiz (1968)
Rhipidodonta suavidicaSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Diplodon suavidicaITIS (2013)

Unio demararaensis Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 36, Corridenda et Addenda.

Diplodon (s.s.) demararaensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) demeraraensisSimpson (1914)
Diplodon suavidicusHaas (1930), Bieler (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicusHaas (1969)

Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152 [as ‘demararaensis’].
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 253 [71], pl. 39, fig. 133.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: Corridenda et Addenda.
(error for Unio demararaensis Lea, 1859)
Type(s): TYPE BMNH_1964141, Demerara.

Diplodon (s.s.) demararaensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) demeraraensisSimpson (1914)
Diplodon rhombeusParodiz (1968)
Rhipidodonta suavidicaSimone (2006)
Diplodon demeraraensisGraf et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Bolotov et al. (2016), Wu et al. (2021)
Diplodon suavidicusBieler (2021)

Diplodon hartwrighti Ihering, 1910
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 135, pl. 12, fig. 8a-b.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3924, Lagoa Alagadinha, St. Goyaz, Bras. Amazonas Geb.

Diplodon hartwrightiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Bonetto (1959)
Diplodon suavidicusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) hartwrightiMorretes (1949)
Diplodon rhombeusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicusHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta suavidicaSimone (2006)

Diplodon kelseyi F. Baker, 1913
F. Baker, 1913. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 65: 665, pl. 27, figs. 5-7.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ANSP_109371, Rio Jamauchim, Pará, Brazil.

Diplodon kelseyiF. Baker (1913)
Diplodon suavidicusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) kelseyiMorretes (1949)
Diplodon beskeanus [sic]Parodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicusHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta suavidicaSimone (2006)

Diplodon flucki Morrison, 1943
Morrison, 1943. Nautilus 57: 14, pl. 5, fig. 5-9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_521998, above Munduapo, Venezuela.

Diplodon fluckiParodiz (1968), Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010)
Diplodon (s.s.) fluckiHaas (1969)
Diplodon suavidicusGraf & Cummings (2021)

Unio demarasensis Paetel, 1890
‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 150.
(error for Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859)

Diplodon (s.s.) demararaensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) demeraraensisSimpson (1914)

Unio demerarensis Parodiz, 1968
‘Lea’ Parodiz, 1968. Sterkiana 30: 4.
(error for Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859)

Rhipidodonta demarcaraensis Simone, 2006
‘Lea’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 271.
(error for Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1932), Morretes (1949), Haas (1949), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon (s.s.) demararaensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Diplodon hartwrightiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Bonetto (1959)
Diplodon kelseyiF. Baker (1913)
Diplodon (s.s.) demeraraensisSimpson (1914)
Diplodon suavidicusHaas (1930), Bonetto (1959), Figueiras (1965), Mansur & Valer (1992), Ramírez et al. (2003), ... Huang et al. (2019), Guerra et al. (2019), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) hartwrightiMorretes (1949)
Diplodon (s.s.) kelseyiMorretes (1949)
Diplodon rhombeusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon beskeanus [sic]Parodiz (1968)
Diplodon fluckiParodiz (1968), Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010)
Diplodon (s.s.) fluckiHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta suavidicaSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Diplodon suavidicaITIS (2013)
Diplodon demeraraensisGraf et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Bolotov et al. (2016), Wu et al. (2021)

 
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