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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Anodontites montezuma

nominal species Anodonta inaequivalva Lea, 1868

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Anodonta inaequivalva Lea, 1868 = Anodontites montezuma

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95 [as ‘inæquivalva’].
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 292 [52], pl. 43, fig. 108 [as ‘inæquivalva’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_86767 (by R.I. Johnson, 1951: 83), Lake Nicaragua.

= Anodontites montezuma

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodontites montezuma (Lea, 1841) — Cummings et al., 2025

= Anodontites inaequivalvis [sic] (Lea, 1868) — Mansur et al., 2020

= Anodontites inaequivalva Lea, 1868 — Bogan, 2010

= Anodontites inaequivalva (Lea, 1868) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Anodontites (s.s.) inaequivalva (Lea, 1868) — Haas, 1969

+ Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus montezuma (Lea) — Haas, 1930

+ Anodontites montezuma (Lea, 1841) — Frierson, 1927

= Anodontites (s.s.) inæquivalvis [sic] (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1914

= Glabaris (s.s.) inæquivalvis [sic] (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1900

= Anodonta (Scolianodon) inæquivalvis [sic] Lea, 1868 — Martens, 1900

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

= Anodonta inæqualis [sic] Lea, 1868 — Tate, 1870

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

 
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