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

nominal species Anodonta holtonis Lea, 1857

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Anodonta holtonis Lea, 1857 = Anodontites elongata

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 85.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 316 [36], pl. 32, fig. 31.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86519, near Cauca River, Prov. Popayán, New Grenada.

= 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.) holtonis (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1914

+ de Gregorio, 1914

= Glabaris (s.s.) holtonis (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1900

+ Martens, 1900

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

= Anodon haltonis [sic] (Lea, 1857) — Sowerby, 1870

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

 
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