MolluscaBase taxon details
Diplodon suavidicus (I. Lea, 1856)
1371331 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1371331)
accepted
Species
Diplodon (Diplodon) suavidicus (I. Lea, 1856) · alternative representation
Diplodon flucki J. P. E. Morrison, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Diplodon hartwrighti Ihering, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio suavidicus I. Lea, 1856 · unaccepted (basionym)
recent only
(of Unio suavidicus I. Lea, 1856) Lea I. (1856). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of exotic uniones. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(2): 92-95 [after 29 April; before 18 June]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935146
page(s): 95 [details]
page(s): 95 [details]
Note South America, Amazon River
From editor or global species database
Type locality South America, Amazon River [details]
Distribution South America, Guyana, south through the lower Amazon and Tocantins, and Coastal streams in Espirito Santo, Brazil
Distribution South America, Guyana, south through the lower Amazon and Tocantins, and Coastal streams in Espirito Santo, Brazil [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diplodon suavidicus (I. Lea, 1856). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1371331 on 2026-07-22
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original description
(of Unio suavidicus I. Lea, 1856) Lea I. (1856). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of exotic uniones. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(2): 92-95 [after 29 April; before 18 June]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935146
page(s): 95 [details]
original description (of Diplodon flucki J. P. E. Morrison, 1943) Morrison, J. P. E. (1943). Two new Orinoco unionids, with notes on <i>Unio granadensis</i> Lea and <i>U. patulus</i> Lea. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(1): 14-16, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515466
page(s): 14-15, pl. 5, fig. 5-9 [details]
original description (of Diplodon hartwrighti Ihering, 1910) Ihering, H. von. (1910). Über Brasilianische Najaden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 32: 111-140., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58353462
page(s): 135, pl. 12, fig. 8a-b [details]
basis of record Pereira, D.; Mansur, M. C. D.; Duarte, L. D. S.; De Oliveira, A. S.; Pimpão, D. M.; Callil, C. T.; Ituarte, C.; Parada, E.; Peredo, S.; Darrigran, G.; Scarabino, F.; Clavijo, C.; Lara, G.; Miyahira, I. C.; Rodriguez, M. T. R.; Lasso, C. (2014). Bivalve distribution in hydrographic regions in South America: historical overview and conservation. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 735:15–44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1639-x
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
page(s): 95 [details]
original description (of Diplodon flucki J. P. E. Morrison, 1943) Morrison, J. P. E. (1943). Two new Orinoco unionids, with notes on <i>Unio granadensis</i> Lea and <i>U. patulus</i> Lea. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(1): 14-16, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515466
page(s): 14-15, pl. 5, fig. 5-9 [details]
original description (of Diplodon hartwrighti Ihering, 1910) Ihering, H. von. (1910). Über Brasilianische Najaden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 32: 111-140., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58353462
page(s): 135, pl. 12, fig. 8a-b [details]
basis of record Pereira, D.; Mansur, M. C. D.; Duarte, L. D. S.; De Oliveira, A. S.; Pimpão, D. M.; Callil, C. T.; Ituarte, C.; Parada, E.; Peredo, S.; Darrigran, G.; Scarabino, F.; Clavijo, C.; Lara, G.; Miyahira, I. C.; Rodriguez, M. T. R.; Lasso, C. (2014). Bivalve distribution in hydrographic regions in South America: historical overview and conservation. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 735:15–44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1639-x
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution South America, Guyana, south through the lower Amazon and Tocantins, and Coastal streams in Espirito Santo, Brazil [details]Type locality South America, Amazon River [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 109371)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplodon suavidicus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplodon suavidicus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
