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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!

This page documents data for Parada & Peredo (2002), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Parada, E. & S. Peredo. 2002. Estado actual de la taxonomía de bivalvos dulceacuícolas chilenos: progresos y conflictos. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75: 691-701.

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Attributed Species Names

Unio casablancae Lea, 1852
‘Philippi’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
Pfeiffer, 1869, Novit. Conch. 3: 481, pl. 104, figs. 1-2.
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Parada & Peredo, 2002, Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat. 75: 693.
(error for Unio casaeblancae Philippi, 1849)

Taxonomic Opinions

Diplodon (Australis) solidulus Philippi, 1869

Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis chilensis (Gray, 1828)
+ Unio smithii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
+ Unio obtusa d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio depressa d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio atratus Sowerby, 1839
+ Unio araucanus Philippi, 1847
+ Unio molinae Philippi, 1847
+ Unio casaeblancae Philippi, 1849
+ Unio gassiei Küster, 1856
+ Unio limensis Küster, 1856
+ Unio modestus Küster, 1856
+ Unio chiloensis Küster, 1861
+ Unio fragilis Reeve, 1865
+ Unio colchaguensis Philippi, 1869
+ Unio diplodon Philippi, 1869
+ Unio foncki Philippi, 1869
+ Unio jacobaeus Philippi, 1869
+ Unio ianthinus Philippi, 1869
+ Unio landbecki Philippi, 1869
+ Unio longus Philippi, 1869
+ Unio montanus Philippi, 1869
+ Unio valdivianus Philippi, 1869
+ Diplodon (Dipldon) cuprinus Simpson, 1900
+ Diplodon (s.s.) aureus Simpson, 1900

Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis patagonica (d’Orbigny, 1846)
+ Unio frenzelii Ihering, 1893
+ Diplodon huapensis Bartsch, 1906

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