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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 peraeformis (Lea, 1860): synonymy
     9 specimens

Unio peraeformis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 90 [as ‘peræformis’].
Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 384 [20], pl. 43, fig. 292 [as ‘peræformis’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85774, Uruguay R., S. Amercia.

Diplodon (Cyclomya s.s.) peraeformisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio peræformisCorsi (1900)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) paranensis funebralisHaas (1931)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) funebralisFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon peraeformisParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensis funebralisHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta charruanaSimone (2006)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) peraeformisPereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Rhipidodonta peraeformisMansur et al. (2020)

Unio prunoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 150.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 323, pl. 53, fig. 136.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ANSP_41791, So. America.

Diplodon (s.s.) prunoidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) paranensis funebralisHaas (1931)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
Diplodon peraeformisParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensis funebralisHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta funebralisSimone (2006)

Unio paraeformis Figueiras, 1965
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Figueiras, 1965. Comm. Soc. Malac. Uruguay 1(8): 239.
Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 267.
(error for Unio peraeformis Lea, 1860)

Rhipidodonta pruinoides Simone, 2006
‘Lea’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 267.
(error for Unio prunoides Lea, 1868)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Cyclomya s.s.) peraeformisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio peræformisCorsi (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) prunoidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) paranensis funebralisHaas (1931)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) funebralisFigueiras (1965)
Diplodon peraeformisParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensis funebralisHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta charruanaSimone (2006)
Rhipidodonta funebralisSimone (2006)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) peraeformisPereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Rhipidodonta peraeformisMansur et al. (2020)

 
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