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

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Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon hylaeus

nominal species Unio hylaea d’Orbigny, 1835

d’Orbigny, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 36.
d’Orbigny, 1846, Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 607, pl. 69, figs. 8-9.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_54-12-4-843, Habit. provincia Chiquitensi (republica Boliviana).

= Diplodon hylaeus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Torres et al., 2024
= Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Breure et al., 2022
= Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Mansur et al., 2020
= Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus (Orbigny, 1835) — Torres et al., 2018
= Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus (Orbigny, 1835) — Pereira et al., 2014
= Diplodon hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) — ITIS, 2013
= Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) — IUCN, 2011
= Rhipidodonta hylaea d’Orbigny, 1835 — Bogan, 2010
= Diplodon (Rhipidiodonta) [sic] hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Rumi et al., 2008
= Rhipidodonta hylaea (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Rhipidodonta hylaea (Orbigny, 1835) — Simone, 2006
= Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Haas, 1969
= Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Parodiz, 1968
= Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Bonetto, 1965
= Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1834) — Figueiras, 1965
= Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Bonetto, 1954
= Ecuadorea hylaea (Orbigny, 1835) — Modell, 1950
= Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeus (Orbigny, 1835) — Morretes, 1949
= Diplodon hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Haas, 1930
= Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Ortmann, 1921
= Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Simpson, 1914
= Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Simpson, 1900
= Margaron (Unio) hylæus (d’Orb.) — Lea, 1870
= Unio hylaeus d’Orbigny, 1835 — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio hylaea d’Orbigny — Hupé, 1857
= Unio (Diplodon) hylæus d’Orb. — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio (Iridea) hylæa D’Orb. — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) hylæus (d’Orb.) — Lea, 1852
= Unio hylaea d’Orb., 1835 — d’Orbigny, 1846
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1838
= Unio (s.s.) hylaea d’Orb. — d’Orbigny, 1835

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