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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Brachyanodon impura
nominal species Anodonta impura Say, 1829
Anodonta impura Say, 1829 = Brachyanodon impura
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(23): 355, sp. 4.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 139-140.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Brachyanodon impurus (Say, 1829) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 293.
= Anodonta impura — Perkins et al., 2025: Table S1.
= Brachyanodon impura (Say, 1829) — Cummings et al., 2025: 108, pl. 7, Tables 3, 8, 11.
= Anodonta impure [sic] — Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024: 22.
= Anodonta impura Say, 1829 — Czaja et al., 2023: 86.
= Anodonta impura — Whelan et al., 2023: Table S1.
= Anodonta impura Say, 1829 — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 15.
= Anodonta impura Say, 1829 — IUCN, 2011: [web].
= Anodonta impura Say, 1829 — Bogan, 2010: [2].
= Anodonta impura — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 375.
= Anodonta impura Say, 1829 — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 304.
= Anodonta impura Say, 1829 — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000: 44.
= Anodonta (Brachyanodon) impura Say, 1829 — Haas, 1969: 362.
= Anodonta marginata impura Say, 1829 — Modell, 1945: 71, fig. 13.
= Anodonta (s.s.) impura Say, 1829 — Frierson, 1927: 13, sp. 1.
= Anodonta impura Say, 1829 — Simpson, 1914: 383.
= Anodonta cygnea impura Say, 1829 — Hannibal, 1912: 125, pl. 5, figs. 1, 2, 7.
+ Anodonta (s.s.) chalcoensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893 — Martens, 1900: 530.
+ Anodonta henryana Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1900: 635, footnote.
= Anodonta impura Say, 1829 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894: 536.
= Anodonta impura Say — B.H. Wright, 1888: [7].
+ — Lea, 1870: 84.
= Anodonta impura Say, 1829 — Conrad, 1853: 264.
+ — Lea, 1852: 53.
+ — Lea, 1838: 32.
+ — Lea, 1836: 54.
= Anodonta impura Say — Ferussac, 1835: 25.
