Diplodon
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Diplodon granosus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Hyriidae |
Subfamily: | Hyriinae |
Genus: | Diplodon Spix, 1827[1] |
Diplodon is a genus of freshwater pearly mussel, an aquatic bivalve in the Hyriidae family.
The genus includes the following species:
- Diplodon chilensis
- Diplodon delodontus
- Diplodon dunkerianus
- Diplodon expansus
- Diplodon fontaineanus
- Diplodon granosus
- Diplodon pfeifferi
Diplodon websteri is a synonym for Cucumerunio websteri.
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- ^ Spix J. B. von (1827). Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX. page 33.