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

nominal species Anodon amethystus Sowerby, 1869

Anodon amethystus Sowerby, 1869 = Anodontites elongata

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 24, sp. 95, fig. 95a-b.
Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: index [as ‘wheatleyi’].

= 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

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

 
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