The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon chilensis

nominal species Unio auratus Philippi, 1847

‘Swainson’ Philippi, 1847, Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 49, pl. 4, fig. 1.
(homonym of Unio (Elliptio) aurata Rafinesque, 1820)

= Diplodon chilensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis chilensis (Gray, 1828) — Haas, 1969
+ Diplodon chilensis chilensis (Gray, 1828) — Haas, 1930
+ Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis (Gray, 1828) — Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis (Gray, 1828) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (sec. Naïa) auratus Sw. [sic] — Paetel, 1890
= Margaron (Unio) auratus (Swain.) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio depressa d’Orbigny, 1835 — Sowerby, 1868
+ Unio chiloënsis Philippi — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Niäa) auratus Swains. — Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Unio atratus Lea — Hanley, 1856
= Unio auratus Sowerby — Küster, 1855
= Unio (Niæa) auratus Sws. — Mörch, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) atratus (Swain.) — Lea, 1852
= Unio auratus ‘Swainson’ — Philippi, 1847
= Margarita (Unio) auratus Lea — Lea, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) auratus Swain. — Lea, 1836
+ Unio (s.s.) obtusa Féruss. — d’Orbigny, 1835

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