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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Diplodon rotundus Spix in Wagner, 1827: synonymy
     68 specimens

Diplodon rotundus Wagner, 1827
Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 34, pl. 26, figs. 3-4.

Diplodon (Cyclomya s.s.) rotundusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon rotundusIhering (1910), Bonetto (1962), Graf & Cummings (2006), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
Diplodon (s.s.) rotundusOrtmann (1921), Rumi et al. (2008)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) rhombeusHaas (1931)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) rotundusMorretes (1949)
Diplodon rotundatus [sic]Lucena (1951)
Diplodon (s.s.) rotundus rotundusBonetto (1965)
Diplodon rotundus rotundusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) rhombeusHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta rhombeaSimone (2006)

Unio quadrans Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 360 [42], pl. 61, fig. 185.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_125601, Texas.

Diplodon (s.s.) quadransSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) fontainianusHaas (1930), Haas (1931)
Diplodon rotundus rotundusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) fontainianusHaas (1969)
Diplodon fontainianusSimone (2006)

Unio rotundus Moricand, 1838
‘Wagn.’ Moricand, 1838. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 9(1): 63, pl. 4, figs. 12-14.
(reference to Diplodon rotundus Wagner, 1827)

Diplodon (Cyclomya s.s.) rotundusSimpson (1900)

Unio quadraus B.H. Wright, 1888
‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5].
(error for Unio quadrans Lea, 1860)

Unio schenederi Ihering, 1893
‘Dunker’ Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): ??. [nomen nudum]

Diplodon rotundus rotundusParodiz (1968)

Diplodon rotundatus Lucena, 1951
‘Lamarck’ Lucena, 1951. Pap. Avuls. Dept. Zool. 10(3): 98.
(error for Diplodon rotundus Wagner, 1827)

Diplodon rotundatusSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Cyclomya s.s.) rotundusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) quadransSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon rotundusIhering (1910), Bonetto (1962), Graf & Cummings (2006), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
Diplodon (s.s.) rotundusOrtmann (1921), Rumi et al. (2008)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) fontainianusHaas (1930), Haas (1931)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) rhombeusHaas (1931)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) rotundusMorretes (1949)
Diplodon rotundatus [sic]Lucena (1951)
Diplodon (s.s.) rotundus rotundusBonetto (1965)
Diplodon rotundus rotundusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) rhombeusHaas (1969)
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) fontainianusHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta rhombeaSimone (2006)
Diplodon fontainianusSimone (2006)
Diplodon rotundatusSimone (2006)

 
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