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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 paulistus (Ihering, 1893): synonymy
     34 specimens

Unio paulista Ihering, 1893
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 93, pl. 4, fig. 7.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE SMF_3872, Piracicaba, Geb. d Rio Tiete, St. Sao Paulo, Bras.

Diplodon (s.s.) paulistaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon delodontus expansusHaas (1930)
Diplodon paulistaBonetto (1959), Parodiz (1968), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon expansusSimone (2006)
Miyahira et al. (2019)

Diplodon (s.s.) leai Simpson, 1900
‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32 [as ‘Margarita (Unio) modestus’]. [nomen nudum]
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 876, footnote.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1241.
Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_85725, Brazil.

Diplodon (s.s.) leaiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus expansusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansusBonetto (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon paulistaParodiz (1968)
Diplodon expansusSimone (2006)

Diplodon (s.s.) semigranosus Simpson, 1914
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1252.
Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_128790, Rio Tiete, near Ponte Grande, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Diplodon (s.s.) semigranosusSimpson (1914), Morretes (1949)
Diplodon semigranosusMarshall (1917)
Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965)
Diplodon paulistaParodiz (1968)
Diplodon expansusSimone (2006)
Diplodon multistriatusMiyahira et al. (2019)

Margarita (Unio) modestus Lea, 1836
‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32. [nomen nudum]
‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22. [nomen nudum]
‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33. [nomen nudum]
‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54. [nomen nudum]

Diplodon (s.s.) leaiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon paulistaParodiz (1968)
Diplodon expansusSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) leaiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) paulistaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Morretes (1949), Pereira et al. (2014)
Diplodon (s.s.) semigranosusSimpson (1914), Morretes (1949)
Diplodon semigranosusMarshall (1917)
Diplodon delodontus expansusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Diplodon paulistaBonetto (1959), Parodiz (1968), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus expansusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon expansusSimone (2006)
Miyahira et al. (2019)
Diplodon multistriatusMiyahira et al. (2019)

 
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