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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Anodonta californiensis

nominal species Anodon micans J.G. Anthony, 1865

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Anodon micans J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Anodonta californiensis

J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 162, pl. 16, fig. 1.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] MCZ_187290 (by R.I. Johnson, 1956: 124), Boundary Survey - Texas.

= Anodonta californiensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodonta californiensis Lea, 1852 — Cummings et al., 2025

+ Pyganodon grandis grandis (Say, 1829) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis lugubris Say, 1829 — Haas, 1969

+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis-lugubris Say, 1829 — Frierson, 1927

= Anodonta micans (Anthony, J.G., 1865) — Simpson, 1914

= Anodonta micans (Anthony, J.G., 1865) — Simpson, 1900

= Anodonta micans Anth. — Singley, 1893

= Anodonta micans Anth. — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Anodonta) micans (Anth.) — Lea, 1870

= Anodon micans Anthony, J.G., 1865 — Sowerby, 1867

 
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