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Diplodon

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Diplodon
Diplodon granosus
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Hyriidae
Subfamily: Hyriinae
Genus: Diplodon
Spix,1827[1]

Diplodonis a genus of freshwater pearlymussel,an aquaticbivalvein theHyriidaefamily.

The genus includes the following species:

Diplodon websteriis a synonym forCucumerunio websteri.

References

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