MolluscaBase - Unio (Diplodon) Spix, 1827

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Unio (Diplodon) Spix, 1827

AphiaID

1332459 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1332459)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original rank)

Accepted name

Diplodon Spix, 1827

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Unio Philipsson, 1788

Original name

Diplodon Spix, 1827

Direct children (2)

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Species Unio (Diplodon) beccarianus Tapparone Canefri, 1883 accepted as Virgus beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1883) (basionym)
Species Unio (Diplodon) mattirolii Tapparone Canefri, 1883 accepted as Virgus beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1883)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Diplodon Spix, 1827) Wagner, J. A. (1827). Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX [1817-1820] jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39465053
page(s): 33 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Unio (Diplodon) Spix, 1827. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1332459 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-03-11 08:01:00Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

2019-08-15 09:07:02Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Diplodon Spix, 1827) Wagner, J. A. (1827). Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX [1817-1820] jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39465053
page(s): 33 [details]

basis of record Tapparone Canefri, C. (1883). Fauna malacologica della Nuova Guinea e delle isole adiacenti. Parte I. Molluschi estramarini. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 19: 5-313, pls 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10812598
page(s): 291 [details]