Diplodon

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Diplodon
Diplodon (Diplodon) granosus granosus 004.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Hyriidae
Subfamily:
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 websteri is a synonym for Cucumerunio websteri.

References[]

  1. ^ Spix J. B. von (1827). Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX. page 33.


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