Overview
Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
There is no specific habitat
information available for this species,
however it has been found in permanent rivers
(Haas 1969). (Ref.
303879).
List of Habitats:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Order:
Unionoida
()
- Superfamily:
Unionacea
()
- Fleming, 1828
- Family:
Hyriidae
()
- Genus:
Rhipidodonta
()
- Specific name:
hylaea
- dOrbigny, 1835
- Scientific name: - Rhipidodonta hylaea dOrbigny, 1835
- Specific name:
hylaea
- dOrbigny, 1835
- Genus:
Rhipidodonta
(
- Family:
Hyriidae
(
- Superfamily:
Unionacea
(
- Order:
Unionoida
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Diplodon guaranianus • Diplodon hylaeus
Notes
At present, there are several subspecies ; R. hylaea guaraniana, R. hylaea asuncionis and R. hylaea pazi. The status of this species is uncertain due to a lack of anatomical and glochidal information (A. Bogan pers. comm. 2011). Therefore the southern records for this species will probably be altered to Rhipidodonta guaraniana (d'Orbigny 1835) when this group is revised (K . Cummings pers. comm. 2011).[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rhipidodonta
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Further Reading
- Fundação Biodiversitas. 2003. Lista da fauna brasileira ameaçada de extinção. Belo Horizonte, Brasil Available at: http://www.biodiversitas.org.br/.
- Haas, F. 1969. Superfamilia Unionacea. Berlin.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 November 2011).
- Simone, L.R.L., 2006, Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brasil, no.989.
- d'Orbigny, A.D. 1835. Voyage dans I' Amérique méridionale. Bertrand, Paris.
Notes
Contributors
- Bogan, A. & Cummings, K. 2011. Rhipidodonta hylaea. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 239676
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2417460
Footnotes
- Bogan, A. & Cummings, K. 2011. Rhipidodonta hylaea. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
