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

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species Anodontites cylindracea (Lea, 1838): synonymy
     37 specimens

Anodonta cylindracea Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 45, pl. 13, fig. 40.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86712 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 365), Riv. Medellin, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Glabaris (s.s.) cylindraceusSimpson (1900)
Anodonta (Euryanodon) cylindraceaMartens (1900)
Glabaris cylindraceaPilsbry (1910)
Anodontites (s.s.) cylindraceusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites cylindraceaFrierson (1927), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Anodontites cylindraceusHaas (1929), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020)
Haas (1969)
Anodontoides cylindraceaContreras-Arquieta (2000)

Anodon bambousearum Morelet, 1851
Morelet, 1851. Test. Nov. 2: 24.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965146, rivulos prope vicum Palenqueanum prov. Chiapa[Mexico].

Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) bambousearumSimpson (1900)
Anodonta (Euryanodon) bambusearum [sic]Martens (1900)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) bambousearumSimpson (1914)
Anodontites cylindraceaFrierson (1927), Cummings et al. (2025)
Anodontites (s.s.) soleniformisHaas (1969)
Anodontoides bambousearumContreras-Arquieta (2000)

Anodonta strebelii Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 150.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 322 [82], pl. 52, fig. 135.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_25433, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Glabaris (s.s.) strebeliiSimpson (1900)
Anodonta (s.s.) lurulentaMartens (1900)
Glabaris strebeliPilsbry (1910)
Anodontites (s.s.) strebeliiSimpson (1914)
Anodontites cylindraceaFrierson (1927), Cummings et al. (2025)
Anodontites cylindraceusHaas (1929)
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis glaucusHaas (1969)

Anodonta cylindracea var. subarcuatula Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 528.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Mexique, dans le Rio Mdellin.

Anodontites cylindraceaCummings et al. (2025)

Margaron (Anodonta) strebellii Lea, 1870
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 79.

Glabaris (s.s.) strebeliiSimpson (1900)

Anodonta bambusearum Martens, 1900
‘Morelet’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 535.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glabaris (s.s.) cylindraceusSimpson (1900)
Anodonta (Euryanodon) cylindraceaMartens (1900)
Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) bambousearumSimpson (1900)
Anodonta (Euryanodon) bambusearum [sic]Martens (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) strebeliiSimpson (1900)
Anodonta (s.s.) lurulentaMartens (1900)
Glabaris cylindraceaPilsbry (1910)
Glabaris strebeliPilsbry (1910)
Anodontites (s.s.) cylindraceusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) bambousearumSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) strebeliiSimpson (1914)
Anodontites cylindraceaFrierson (1927), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Anodontites cylindraceusHaas (1929), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020)
Haas (1969)
Anodontites (s.s.) soleniformisHaas (1969)
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis glaucusHaas (1969)
Anodontoides cylindraceaContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Anodontoides bambousearumContreras-Arquieta (2000)

 
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