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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!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon

species Diplodon delodontus (Lamarck, 1819): nominal species
     175 specimens available.

Unio delodonta Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 77, sp. 29.
Type(s): SYNTYPES? USNM_150390, Lake Potero, near Maldonado, Uruguay.

Unio delodontaLamarck (1819), d’Orbigny (1846), Hupé (1857), Corsi (1900)
Unio lacteolusLea (1834)
Margarita (Unio) delodontaLea (1836)
Margarita (Unio) delodontusLea (1838)
Unio delodontusHanley (1843), Küster (1861), Sowerby (1867), Clessin (1888)
Margaron (Unio) delodontusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Hyridella) delodontusAdams & Adams (1857)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontusSimpson (1900), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Diplodon (s.s.) lacteolusSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1921)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon delodontusBonetto (1959), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1964), Figueiras (1965), Bonetto (1965), Haas (1969), Rumi et al. (2008)

Diplodon pilsbryi Marshall, 1928
Marshall, 1928, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 74(2762): 2, pl. 1, figs. 1, 3; pl. 3, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_368237, Canada Grande, Dept. Carro Largo, Uruguay.

Diplodon pilsbryiMarshall (1928), Marshall (1930)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970)
Diplodon delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1962)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1964), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusHaas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wimaniiBonetto & Mansur (1970)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)
Diplodon (s.s.) pilsbryiMansur & Pereira (2006)

Unio fokkesi Dunker, 1852
Dunker, 1852, Z. Malak. 9: 54.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_25044, La Plata.

Unio fokkesiDunker (1852)
Diplodon fokkesiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon uruguayensis X expansusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon uruguayensis x expansusMansur (1970)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio divaricatus Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 64 [176], pl. 9, fig. 24.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85332A, Egypt? (S. Am?).

Unio divaricatusLea (1834), Hanley (1843), Martens (1866), Jickeli (1874)
Margarita (Unio) divaricatusLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Margaron (Unio) divaricatusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Hyridella) divaricatusAdams & Adams (1857)
Diplodon (s.s.) divaricatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio lacteolus Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 40, pl. 8, fig. 19.

Unio lacteolusLea (1834)
Unio (s.s.) lacteolad’Orbigny (1835)
Margarita (Unio) delodontaLea (1836)
Margarita (Unio) delodontusLea (1838)
Unio delodontusHanley (1843), Sowerby (1867)
Unio delodontad’Orbigny (1846), Hupé (1857), Corsi (1900)
Margaron (Unio) delodontusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontusSimpson (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) lacteolusSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1921)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio brownii Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 95.
Lea, 1857, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 307 [27], pl. 29, fig. 22.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86124, “Mocha Arabia” Prob. S. America.

Unio browniiLea (1856)
Margaron (Unio) browniiLea (1870)
Diplodon (s.s.) browniiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusFigueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon rhombeusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio rudus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 187.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 266, pl. 43, fig. 146.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85337, Rio de la Plata, S. Am.

Unio rudusLea (1859), Küster (1862)
Margaron (Unio) rudusLea (1870)
Diplodon (s.s.) rudusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon rudusMarshall (1917)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio firmus Lea, 1866
Lea, 1866, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 33.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 267, pl. 34, fig. 82.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85113, S. America.

Unio firmusLea (1866)
Margaron (Unio) firmusLea (1870)
Diplodon (s.s.) firmusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon charruanusHaas (1930)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon (s.s.) charruanusHaas (1969)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio paraguayensis Lea, 1866
Lea, 1866, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 34.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 271, pl. 35, fig. 85.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85068, Paraguay.

Unio paraguayensisLea (1866)
Margaron (Unio) paraguayensisLea (1870)
Diplodon (s.s.) peculiarisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio delodon Martens, 1868
Martens, 1868, Malak. Blatt. 15: 212.
Strobel, 1874, Mat. Mal. (1): 71.
(error for Unio delodonta Lamarck, 1819)

Unio delodonMartens (1868)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontusSimpson (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) lacteolusSimpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusParodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio delodontes Doering, 1875
Doering, 1875, Periód. Zool. 2: 66.
(error for Unio delodonta Lamarck, 1819)

Unio delodontesDoering (1875)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusMansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Unio rudis Doering, 1875
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Doering, 1875, Periód. Zool. 2: 45.
Paetel, 1890, Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 166.
Ihering, 1893, Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 117.
(error for Unio rudus Lea, 1859)

Unio rudisDoering (1875)
Diplodon (s.s.) rudusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusMansur (1970)

Diplodon (Cyclomya) smithi Marshall, 1926
Marshall, 1926, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 69(2638): 9, pl. 2, figs. 1, 7; pl. 3, fig. 6.
(homonym of Unio smithii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_363027, Tigre R., Tigre, Argentina.

Diplodon (Cyclomya) smithiMarshall (1926)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon burroughianus burroughianusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon burroughianusMansur (1970)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Diplodon bromnii Simone, 2006
‘auctt.’ Simone, 2006, Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 255.
(error for Unio brownii Lea, 1856)

Diplodon bromniiSimone (2006)
Diplodon delodontusSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontusSimpson (1900), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Unio delodontaCorsi (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) divaricatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon fokkesiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) browniiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) rudusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) firmusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) peculiarisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Diplodon (s.s.) lacteolusSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1921)
Diplodon rudusMarshall (1917)
Diplodon (Cyclomya) smithiMarshall (1926)
Diplodon pilsbryiMarshall (1928), Marshall (1930)
Diplodon delodontus delodontusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Diplodon charruanusHaas (1930)
Diplodon rhuacoicusHaas (1930), Parodiz (1968), Mansur (1970)
Diplodon delodonta delodontaBonetto (1954)
Diplodon delodontusBonetto (1959), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Diplodon delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1962)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontusBonetto (1964), Figueiras (1965), Bonetto (1965), Haas (1969), Rumi et al. (2008)
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicusBonetto (1964), Bonetto (1965), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryiBonetto (1964), Figueiras (1965)
Diplodon uruguayensis X expansusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon rhombeusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon burroughianus burroughianusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) charruanusHaas (1969)
Diplodon uruguayensis x expansusMansur (1970)
Diplodon burroughianusMansur (1970)
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wimaniiBonetto & Mansur (1970)
Diplodon (s.s.) pilsbryiMansur & Pereira (2006)
Diplodon bromniiSimone (2006)

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