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Diplodon ellipticus  (Spix & Wagner, 1827)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 983867

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Unio ellipticus Spix & Wagner, 1827
  
    Diplodon wagnerianum Simpson, 1900
  
    Diplodon jacksoni Marshall, 1928
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderUnionida   
                            SuperfamilyHyrioidea Swainson, 1840  
                               FamilyHyriidae Swainson, 1840  
                                  SubfamilyHyriinae Swainson, 1840  
                                     TribeRhipidodontini Starobogatov, 1970  
                                        GenusDiplodon Spix & Wagner, 1827  
                                           SpeciesDiplodon ellipticus (Spix & Wagner, 1827)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site, website (version 08Aug2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Diplodon ellipticus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4   
  Page(s): 291-314   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0260-1230   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym029   
  Reference for: Diplodon ellipticus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pereira, Daniel, Maria Cristina Dreher Mansur, Leandro D. S. Duarte, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Bivalve distribution in hydrographic regions in South America: historical overview and conservation   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Hydrobiologia, vol. 735, no. 1   
  Page(s): 15-44   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0018-8158   
  Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10750-013-1639-x   
  Reference for: Diplodon ellipticus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes de  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil: An Illustrated Inventory of the Brazilian Malacofauna, Including Neighboring Regions of South America, Respect to the Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems   
  Page(s): 390   
  Publisher: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo   
  Publication Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788590667001   
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  Reference for: Diplodon ellipticus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Atlantic Coastal streams of Brazil, including the upper São Francisco; and the upper Paraná Basin  
 

 

    

 
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