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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Pyganodon globosa

nominal species Anodonta globosa Lea, 1841

image of type lot

Anodonta globosa Lea, 1841 = Pyganodon globosa

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 31.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 241 [79], pl. 24, fig. 56.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86701, Concha Lake, 20 leagues S Vera Cruz near Tlocatalpan, Mexico.

= Pyganodon globosa

Taxonomic Opinions

= Pyganodon globosa (Lea, 1841) — Cummings et al., 2025

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Anodonta globosa Lea, 1841 — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000

= Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis globosa Lea, 1841 — Haas, 1969

= Anodonta (Pyganodon) globosa Lea, 1841 — Haas, 1969

= Anodonta globosa Lea — Thiele, 1934

= Anodonta grandis globosa Lea — Haas, 1929

= Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis-globosa Lea, 1841 — Frierson, 1927

= Anodonta globosa Lea, 1841 — Simpson, 1914

= Anodonta globosa Lea, 1841 — Simpson, 1900

= Anodonta (Patularia) globosa Lea, 1841 — Martens, 1900

= Anodonta (Pyganodon) globosa I. Lea, 1841 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

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

= Anodon globosa (Lea, 1841) — Sowerby, 1870

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

= Anodonta globosa Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Anodonta globosa Lea — Hanley, 1856

= Margaron (Anodonta) globosa (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Margarita (Anodonta) globosaLea, 1836

 
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