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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 hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835): synonymy
     58 specimens

Unio hylaea d’Orbigny, 1835
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 36.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 607, pl. 69, figs. 8-9.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_54-12-4-843, Habit. provincia Chiquitensi (republica Boliviana).

Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Haas (1969)
Diplodon hylaeusHaas (1930), Bonetto (1954), Parodiz (1968), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Ecuadorea hylaeaModell (1950)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeusBonetto (1965), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hylaeusFigueiras (1965)
Rhipidodonta hylaeaSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Mansur et al. (2020), Torres et al. (2024)
Diplodon (Rhipidiodonta) [sic] hylaeusRumi et al. (2008)
Diplodon hylaeaITIS (2013)

Ecuadorea bibliana Marshall & Bowles, 1932
Marshall & Bowles, 1932. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 82(5): 5 pl. 1, figs. 7-8.

Ecuadorea biblianaMarshall & Bowles (1932), Modell (1950)
Diplodon guaranianus biblianusParodiz (1968)
Millard (2001)
Rhipidodonta hylaeaSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Haas (1969)
Diplodon hylaeusHaas (1930), Bonetto (1954), Parodiz (1968), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Ecuadorea biblianaMarshall & Bowles (1932), Modell (1950)
Ecuadorea hylaeaModell (1950)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeusBonetto (1965), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hylaeusFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon guaranianus biblianusParodiz (1968)
Millard (2001)
Rhipidodonta hylaeaSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Mansur et al. (2020), Torres et al. (2024)
Diplodon (Rhipidiodonta) [sic] hylaeusRumi et al. (2008)
Diplodon hylaeaITIS (2013)

 
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