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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Anodontites elongata

nominal species Anodonta wheatleyi Lea, 1852

Anodonta wheatleyi Lea, 1852 = Anodontites elongata

Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 287, pl. 26, fig. 49.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86723, Amazon River, Pará.

= Anodontites elongata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodontites elongatus (Swainson, 1823) — Simone, 2006

+ Anodontites (s.s.) elongatus (Swainson, 1823) — Haas, 1969

+ Anodontites (s.s.) elongatus (Swainson, 1823) — Haas, 1931

+ Anodontites (s.s.) elongatus (Swainson, 1823) — Simpson, 1914

+ Glabaris (s.s.) elongatus (Swainson, 1823) — Simpson, 1900

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

= Anodon wheatleyi (Lea, 1852) — Sowerby, 1869

= Anodonta (Lamproscapha) wheatleyi Lea — H. Adams, 1866

= Anodonta wheatleyi Lea, 1852 — Hupé, 1857

= Anodonta (Lamproscapha) wheatleyi Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Anodonta wheatleyi Lea — Hanley, 1856

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