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

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Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon ellipticus

nominal species Diplodon ellipticum Wagner, 1827

Spix in Wagner, 1827, Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 33.
Spix in Wagner, 1827, Test. Fluv. Brasil.: pl. 26, figs. 1-2 [as Diplodon ellypticum].
(homonym of Unio (Aximedia) elliptica Rafinesque, 1820; correct name for Diplodon ellypticum Wagner, 1827; renamed Diplodon (s.s.) wagnerianum Simpson, 1900)

= Diplodon ellipticus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Diplodon ellipticus Spix in Wagner, 1827 — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Diplodon ellipticus Spix in Wagner, 1827 — Mansur et al., 2020
= Diplodon ellipticus Spix in Wagner, 1827 — Miyahira et al., 2019
= Diplodon (s.s.) ellipticus Spix, 1827 — Pereira et al., 2014
+ Diplodon wagnerianum Simpson, 1900 — Marshall et al., 2014
= Diplodon ellipticus Spix & Wagner, 1827 — Bogan, 2010
= Diplodon ellipticus (Spix & Wagner, 1827) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Diplodon ellipticus (Wagner, 1827) — Simone, 2006
= Diplodon ellipticum (Spix, 1827) — Graf, 2000
= Diplodon ellipticus (Wagner in Spix, 1827) — Mansur, 1970
+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus ellypticus (Spix, 1827) — Haas, 1969
= Diplodon ellipticus (Wagner, 1827) — Parodiz, 1968
= Diplodon (s.s.) granosus ellipticus (Spix) — Bonetto, 1964
+ Diplodon (s.s.) wagnerianus Simpson — Thiele, 1934
+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus ellypticus Spix, 1827 — Haas, 1931
+ Diplodon (s.s.) ellipticus (Spix, 1827) — Ortmann, 1921
+ Diplodon (s.s.) wagnerianus Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1914
= Diplodon ellipticus Wagn. — Ihering, 1910
+ Diplodon (s.s.) wagnerianum Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio ellipticus Spix — Ihering, 1890
= Unio (Limnium sec. Diplodon) ellipticus Spix — Fischer, 1887
= Margaron (Unio) ellipticus (Spix) — Lea, 1870
= Unio ellipticus Spix — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio ellipticus Wagner — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Diplodon) ellipticus Spix — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Margaron (Unio) ellipticus (Spix) — Lea, 1852
= Unio ellipticus Spix — Moricand, 1838
+ Margarita (Unio) multistriatus Lea. D’Orb. — Lea, 1838
= Diplodon ellipticum (Spix & Wagner, 1827) — Wagner, 1827

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