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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina | Sinanodonta elliptica
nominal species Anodon elliptica Heude, 1878
Anodon elliptica Heude, 1878 = Sinanodonta elliptica
Heude, 1878. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (4): pl. 27, fig. 58.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Sinanodonta elliptica — Chen et al., 2026: Table 1.
= Sinanodonta elliptica (Heude, 1878) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 293.
= Sinanodonta elliptica — Wu et al., 2025: Table S2.
= Sinanodonta elliptica — Wu et al., 2025: Table S2.
= Anodonta woodiana elliptica — Perkins et al., 2025: Table S1.
= Sinanodonta elliptica (Heude, 1878) — Douda et al., 2024: 8, Table S2.
= Sinanodonta cf. elliptica — Bogan et al., 2023: Tables 1, S3.
= Sinanodonta cf. elliptica — Sano et al., 2022: Table S1.
= Sinanodonta elliptica (Heude, 1878) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 16.
= Sinanodonta cf. elliptica — Lopes-Lima et al., 2020: 9, Table 1, Appendix 1.
= Sinanodonta elliptica — Huang et al., 2019: Table S1.
= Sinanodonta elliptica — Huang et al., 2019: Table S1.
= Sinanodonta elliptica (Heude, 1878) — Zieritz et al., 2018: online Table 1.
= Sinanodonta elliptica (Heude, 1878) — Do et al., 2018: 12.
= Sinanodonta elliptica (Heude, 1878) — Wu et al., 2018: 5.
+ Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016: 54.
= Anodonta woodiana elliptica — Ouyang et al., 2015: Table 1.
+ Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) — He & Zhuang, 2013: 108.
= Anodonta woodiana elliptica — Xiong et al., 2012: 128, Table 2.
= Sinanodonta woodiana elliptica — Zieritz et al., 2012: 745.
= Anodonta woodiana elliptica — Ouyang et al., 2011: 544.
= Sinanodonta woodiana elliptica (Heude, 1878) — Prozorova et al., 2005: 54.
+ Sinanodonta (s.s.) woodiana (Lea, 1834) — Bogatov & Sayenko, 2002: 86.
= Sinanodonta elliptica (Heude) — Dang et al., 1980: 530, hinh 328.
= Anodonta woodiana elliptica — Liu et al., 1980: 366.
= Anodonta woodiana elliptica (Heude, 1878) — Liu et al., 1979: 108, fig. 96.
+ Anodonta (s.s.) woodiana woodiana (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969: 355.
= Anodonta (Pteranodon) woodiana var. elliptica (Heude, 1866-1886) — Zhadin, 1965: 256, fig. 276.
= Anodonta (Pteranodon) woodiana var. elliptica (Heude, 1878) — Zhadin, 1938: 144, sp. 8a, fig. 54.
+ Anodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1914: 403.
+ Anodonta woodiana (Lea) — Preston, 1912: 283.
+ Anodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1900: 638.
= Anodonta elliptica Heude — Fischer, 1891: 217.
= Anodonta elliptica Heude — Morlet, 1889: 167.
= Anodon elliptica Heude — Heude, 1878: pl. 27, fig. 58.
