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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Anodontites trapesialis

nominal species Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827

image of type lot

Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827 = Anodontites trapesialis

specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 205, fig. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 27, pl. 19, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): PARATYPE SMF_3815, Rio Solimoes, b. Ega, Brasilien.

= Anodontites trapesialis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Simone, 2006

+ Anodontites trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Ramírez et al., 2003

+ Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Simone, 1994

+ Anodontites trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Mansur & Valer, 1992

+ Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

+ Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1931

+ Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914

+ Glabaris (s.s.) trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1900

+ Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819 — Corsi, 1900

+ Anodonta trazesialis [sic] Lam. — Ihering, 1890

+ Margaron (Anodonta) trapezialis [sic] (Lam.) — Lea, 1870

+ Anodonta trapezialis [sic] Lamarck — Hupé, 1857

+ Margaron (Anodonta) trapezialis [sic] (Lam.) — Lea, 1852

+ Anodonta exotica Lamk. — d’Orbigny, 1846

= Anodonta gigantea Spix — Küster, 1839

+ Margarita (Anodonta) trapezialis [sic] (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio (Anodontes) exotica Lam. — d’Orbigny, 1835

+ Anodonta trapezialis [sic] Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1830

+ Anodonta trapezialis [sic] Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1828

= Anodon giganteus Spix & Wagner, 1827 — Wagner, 1827

 
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