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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Anodontites obtusa

nominal species Anodon litturatum Moricand, 1837

Anodon litturatum Moricand, 1837 = Anodontites obtusa

‘Spix’ of Authors.
Moricand, 1837. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 147.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 87, pl. 17, fig. 4 [as ‘Anodonta litturataq’].
(error for Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Wagner, 1827)

= Anodontites obtusa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) lituratus (Spix, 1827) — Simpson, 1914

+ Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) lituratus (Spix, 1827) — Simpson, 1900

+ Anodonta obtusa Spix — Ihering, 1890

 
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