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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Anodontoides denigratus (Lea, 1852): synonymy
     3 specimens + 3 Genbank vouchers

Anodonta argentea Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 223, pl. 19, fig. 41.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86538, Stones R., Tenn.

Anodontoides ferussacianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussacianaFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides ferussacianus ferussacianusHaas (1969)
Anodontoides argenteusBogan & Raley (2013)

Anodon plicatus Haldeman, 1842
Haldeman, 1842. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 202.

Anodontoides ferussacianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussacianaFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides ferussacianus ferussacianusHaas (1969)
Anodontoides argenteusBogan & Raley (2013)

Anodonta denigrata Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 285, pl. 25, fig. 45.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86535, Campbell Co., Tenn.

Anodontoides ferussacianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussacianaFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides ferussacianus ferussacianusHaas (1969)
Anodontoides denigrataCicerello & Schuster (2003), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Whelan et al. (2023), Smith et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Anodontoides argenteusBogan & Raley (2013)
Anodontoides ferussacianus cf. denigrataSmith et al. (2018)
Anodontoides denigratusGraf & Cummings (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Anodonta oblita Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 290, pl. 28. fig. 52.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86536, Campbell Co., Tenn.

Anodontoides ferussacianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussacianaFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides ferussacianus ferussacianusHaas (1969)
Anodontoides argenteusBogan & Raley (2013)

Anodontoides ferussacianus Gasparini et al., 2020
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Gasparini et al., 2020. Environmental DNA 2(3): Table S1. [in part]

Anodon placitus Lea, 1852
‘Hald.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodontoides ferussacianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussacianaFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides ferussacianus ferussacianusHaas (1969)
Anodontoides denigrataCicerello & Schuster (2003), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Whelan et al. (2023), Smith et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Anodontoides argenteusBogan & Raley (2013)
Anodontoides ferussacianus cf. denigrataSmith et al. (2018)
Anodontoides denigratusGraf & Cummings (2021), Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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