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

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Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon pfeifferi

nominal species Unio pfeifferi Dunker, 1849

Dunker, 1849, Z. Malak. 5(12): 181.
Pfeiffer, 1860, Novit. Conch. 2(13): 151, pl. 39, figs. 4, 9.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_108717, Rio Negro, Brazil.

= Diplodon pfeifferi

Taxonomic Opinions

= Diplodon pfeifferi (Dunker, 1849) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
+ Diplodon multistriatus (Lea, 1831) — Miyahira et al., 2019
= Diplodon pfeifferi (Dunker, 1848) — Pereira et al., 2014
+ Diplodon multistriatus (Lea, 1834) — Simone, 2006
= Diplodon pfeifferi Dunker, 1819 [sic] — IUCN, 1996
+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969
+ Diplodon burroughianus wheatleyanus (Lea, 1834) — Parodiz, 1968
+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) — Bonetto, 1965
+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) — Bonetto, 1964
+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus multistriatus (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1931
+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus (Bruguiere, 1792) — Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon (s.s.) granosus (Bruguiere, 1972) — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
= Unio pfeifferi Dunker — Hupé, 1857
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852

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