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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini

genus Diplodon Spix in Wagner, 1827: valid species
     12 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Diplodon aethiops (Lea, 1860)
4 synonyms | 45 specimens
Range: Paraná System and coastal streams in southern Brazil and Uruguay. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon berthae Ortmann, 1921
1 synonym | 24 specimens
Range: Rio dos Sinos and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon burroughianus (Lea, 1834)
2 synonyms | 76 specimens
Range: Lower reaches of the rivers of the Paraná System, including the Rio Uruguay, South America. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon caipira (Ihering, 1893)
1 synonym | 5 specimens
Range: Upper Paraná, Brazil. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon charruanus (d’Orbigny, 1835)
16 synonyms | 308 specimens
Range: Paraná System and coastal streams in southern Brazil and Uruguay. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon chilensis (Gray, 1828)
43 synonyms | 307 specimens
Range: Southern Chile and Argentina, on both sides of the Andes. [South America]
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon delodontus (Lamarck, 1819)
14 synonyms | 175 specimens
Range: Widespread in the Paraná System, and Atlantic Coastal streams in southern Brazil and Uruguay. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon ellipticus Spix in Wagner, 1827
14 synonyms | 100 specimens
Range: Atlantic Coastal streams of Brazil, including the upper São Francisco; and the upper Paraná Basin. [South America]
IUCN Red List: Endangered (Diplodon dunkerianus).
Other web sites: ITIS 2 3 MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon fontainianus (d’Orbigny, 1835)
3 synonyms | 59 specimens
Range: Coastal Brazil, from Paraiba south to Espirito Santo, and the upper Paraná Basin. [South America]
IUCN Red List: Endangered (Diplodon fontaineanus).
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon funebralis (Lea, 1860)
5 synonyms | 113 specimens
Range: Lower Paraná and Uruguay rivers, Brazil south to Argentina. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon garbei Ihering, 1910
1 synonym | 9 specimens
Range: Doce and Paraiba do Sul basins, Brazil. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Diplodon granosus (Bruguière, 1792)
7 synonyms | 17 specimens
Range: Guyanas, South America. [South America]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon gratus (Lea, 1860)
4 synonyms | 104 specimens
Range: Rio Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. [South America]
Genbank sequences: COI.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon greeffeanus (Ihering, 1893)
4 synonyms | 7 specimens
Range: Upper Paraná, Brazil. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon guaporensis Bonetto & Tassara, 1987
1 synonym | 6 specimens
Range: Rio Guapore in the upper Amazon Basin, Bolivia. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon guaranianus (d’Orbigny, 1835)
8 synonyms | 37 specimens
Range: Widespread, in the upper Amazon from Ecuador to Bolivia and the Paraná Basin, South America. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon hildae Ortmann, 1921
1 synonym | 11 specimens
Range: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835)
2 synonyms | 58 specimens
Range: Widespread, from the upper Amazon of Bolivia to the Paraná Basin, South America. [South America]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Rhipidodonta hylaea).
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon iheringi Simpson, 1914
1 synonym | 30 specimens
Range: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon imitator Ortmann, 1921
1 synonym | 6 specimens
Range: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon koseritzi (Clessin, 1888)
2 synonyms | 31 specimens
Range: Rio Uruguay and Atlantic streams, southern Brazil. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon losadae Haas, 1966
1 synonym | 6 specimens
Range: Orinoco Basin of Colombia and Venezuela. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon martensi (Ihering, 1893)
11 synonyms | 78 specimens
Range: Paraná System and coastal streams in southern Brazil and Uruguay. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon multistriatus (Lea, 1831)
17 synonyms | 316 specimens
Range: Atlantic Coastal streams of Brazil near Rio de Janeiro and the upper Paraná. [South America]
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable (Diplodon expansus).
Other web sites: ITIS 2 MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon obsolescens F. Baker, 1913
2 synonyms | 44 specimens
Range: From the Guyanas south to the Amazon, South America. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon parallelopipedon (Lea, 1834)
14 synonyms | 114 specimens
Range: Widespread in the Paraná System and coastal Uruguay, South America. [South America]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon paranensis (Lea, 1834)
3 synonyms | 114 specimens
Range: Widespread in the Paraná Basin, South America. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon parodizi Bonetto, 1962
2 synonyms | 18 specimens
Range: Paraguay and Paraná rivers, Argentina. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon paulistus (Ihering, 1893)
4 synonyms | 34 specimens
Range: Upper Paraná, Brazil. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon peraeformis (Lea, 1860)
4 synonyms | 9 specimens
Range: Rio Uruguay, Uruguay and Argentina. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon pfeifferi (Dunker, 1848)
1 synonym | 2 specimens
Range: Rio Negro (Atlantic drainage), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [South America]
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable.
Other web site: ITIS.

Diplodon piceus (Lea, 1860)
1 synonym | 42 specimens
Range: Paraná and adjacent coastal streams, Brazil and Uruguay. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon rhombeus Spix in Wagner, 1827
4 synonyms | 49 specimens
Range: Amazon and São Francisco rivers, Brazil. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835)
8 synonyms | 101 specimens
Range: Paraná and Uruguay rivers and adjacent Atlantic streams from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Uruguay. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon rotundus Spix in Wagner, 1827
6 synonyms | 68 specimens
Range: São Francisco and upper Paraná rivers, Brazil. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon solidulus (Philippi, 1869)
1 synonym | 2 specimens
Range: Southern Chile. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon solisianus (d’Orbigny, 1835)
4 synonyms | 29 specimens
Range: Paraná and Uruguay rivers, Uruguay. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon suavidicus (Lea, 1856)
9 synonyms | 162 specimens
Range: Guyana, south through the lower Amazon and Tocantins, and Coastal streams in Espirito Santo, Brazil. [South America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, mtGenome.
Other web sites: ITIS 2 MolluscaBase 2 3.

Diplodon uruguayensis (Lea, 1860)
5 synonyms | 39 specimens
Range: Paraná and Uruguay rivers, South America. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon variabilis (Maton, 1811)
11 synonyms | 85 specimens
Range: Widespread in the Paraná Basin, South America. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon vicarius Ortmann, 1921
1 synonym | 5 specimens
Range: Atlantic tributary near São Paulo, Brazil. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Diplodon voltzi Vernhout, 1914
1 synonym | 6 specimens
Range: Surinam. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Diplodon wymanii (Lea, 1860)
6 synonyms | 99 specimens
Range: Paraná and Uruguay rivers, South America. [South America]
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

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