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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Anodontites tortilis

nominal species Anodonta luteola Lea, 1858

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Anodonta luteola Lea, 1858 = Anodontites tortilis

Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 118.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 267 [85], pl. 43, fig. 147.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86766, Isthmus of Darien.

= Anodontites tortilis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodontites tortilis (Lea, 1852) — Cummings et al., 2025

+ Haas, 1969

+ Anodontites tortilis (Lea, 1852) — H.B. Baker, 1930

+ Anodontites tortilis (Lea, 1852) — Frierson, 1927

= Anodontites luteolus (Lea) — Pilsbry, 1920

+ Anodontites (s.s.) tortilis (Lea, 1852) — Simpson, 1914

= Glabaris (s.s.) luteolus (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1900

= Anodonta (Pachyanodon) luteola Lea, 1858 — Martens, 1900

= Anodonta luteola Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Anodonta luteola Lea, 1858 — Tate, 1870

= Anodon luteolus (Lea, 1858) — Sowerby, 1870

= Margaron (Anodonta) luteola (Lea) — Lea, 1870

 
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