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 Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856

Lea, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 94.
Lea, 1857, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 305 [25], pl. 28, fig. 20.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84155, Rio Grande, New Grenada.

= Diplodon ellipticus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Diplodon ellipticus Spix in Wagner, 1827 — Mansur et al., 2020
+ Diplodon ellipticus Spix in Wagner, 1827 — Miyahira et al., 2019
= Diplodon (s.s.) dunkerianus (Lea, 1856) — Pereira et al., 2014
+ Diplodon rhuacoicus (Orbigny, 1835) — Simone, 2006
= Diplodon dunkerianus Lea, 1857 — IUCN, 1996
= Diplodon dunkerianus (Lea, 1856) — Mansur, 1970
+ Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Haas, 1969
+ Diplodon parallelipipedon [sic] aethiops (Lea, 1860) — Parodiz, 1968
+ Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Figueiras, 1965
+ Diplodon rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Haas, 1930
= Diplodon (s.s.) dunkerianus (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon (s.s.) atratus (Sowerby, 1839) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856 — Clessin, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) dunkerianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856 — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio dunkerianus Lea — Küster, 1862

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