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Publication Sowerby (1870): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Sowerby, G.B. 1870. Genus Anodon. Conchologica Iconica 17: pls. 1, 25-37. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodon alatus (Lea, 1864) = Mutela alata

Anodon amazoniensis [sic] (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites trigona

Anodon angasi Lea = Velesunio angasi

Anodon anserinus Spix = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodon benedictensis (Lea, 1834) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon brevis Sowerby, 1870

Anodon burroughianus (Lea, 1834) = Simpsonella burroughiana
+ Anodonta oblita Lea, 1852
+ Anodonta kennicottii Lea, 1861

Anodon burroughianus (Lea, 1834) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon burroughianus (Lea, 1834) = Anodontoides denigratus

Anodon californiensis (Lea, 1852) = Anodonta californiensis

Anodon ciconia Gould, 1851 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodon cochlearis Sowerby, 1870 = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Anodon corpulenta (Cooper, 1834) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon cumingii (Lea, 1850) = Sundadontina cumingii

Anodon cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta cygnea
+ Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
+ Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819
+ Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819
+ Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791
+ Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791
+ Anodonta fuscata Gallenstein, 1852
+ Mytilus radiatus Müller, 1774
+ Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803
+ Anodonta variabilis Draparnaud, 1801
+ Anodonta ventricosa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Anodonta ponderosa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Anodon paludosus Turton, 1822
+ Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822

Anodon cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta anatina

Anodon dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Anodon danielsii (Lea, 1858) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon exulceratus (Villa) = Anodonta exulcerata

Anodon forbesianus (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodon giganteus (Lea, 1838) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon glabrus ‘Valenciennes’ Sowerby, 1870 = Brachyanodon impura

Anodon glaucus (Lamarck) = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodon globosa (Lea, 1841) = Pyganodon globosa

Anodon grandis (Say, 1829) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon haltonis [sic] (Lea, 1857) = Anodontites elongata

Anodon henryana (Lea, 1857) = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodon imbecillis Lea, 1837 = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodon kennerleyi [sic] (Lea, 1860) = Anodonta kennerlyi

Anodon lewisii (Lea, 1857) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon linneanus [sic] (Lea, 1852) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon luteolus (Lea, 1858) = Anodontites tortilis

Anodon magnificus (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Anodon marryattanus [sic] (Lea, 1840) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon montezianus [sic] (Lea, 1841) = Anodontites montezuma

Anodon moricandi (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites moricandii

Anodon normandi Angas = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodon pavonia (Lea, 1838) = Strophitus undulatus

Anodon pepinianus (Lea, 1838) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon pholadiformis Sowerby, 1870 = Pyganodon fragilis

Anodon quadriplicatus Sowerby, 1870 = Strophitus undulatus

Anodon rio-platensis Sowerby, 1870 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodon rubicundus (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites trapezea

Anodon schomburgianus Sowerby, 1870 = Anodontites schomburgiana

Anodon shæfferianus (Lea, 1852) = Strophitus undulatus

Anodon showalteri (Lea, 1860) = Strophitus radiatus

Anodon simpsonianus (Lea, 1861) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon stewartianus (Lea, 1834) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon stuarti (Adams & Angas, 1863) = Velesunio wilsonii

Anodon subgibbosus Anthony, J.G., 1866 = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon swinhoei (H. Adams, 1868) = Pletholophus tenuis

Anodon tenebricosus (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites tenebricosa

Anodon texasensis (Lea, 1859) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon tortilis (Lea, 1852) = Anodontites tortilis

Anodon trautwinianus (Lea, 1852) = Anodontites tortilis

Anodon tricostatus Sowerby, 1870 = Sinanodonta woodiana

Anodon uruguayensis (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites patagonica

Anodon vignonanus [sic] (Bernardi, 1859) = Aspatharia rugifera

Anodon virens (Lea, 1852) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon wardianus (Lea, 1838) = Strophitus undulatus

Anodon williamsii (Lea, 1862) = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodon woodianus (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Anodon wymani (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites patagonica