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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Anodontites tortilis

nominal species Anodonta trautwiniana Lea, 1852

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Anodonta trautwiniana Lea, 1852 = Anodontites tortilis

specimen image from publicationLea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 287, pl. 26, fig. 48.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252 [as ‘troutwiniana’]. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_86684 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 173), Carthegena, U.S. Colombia.

= Anodontites tortilis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodontites tortilis (Lea, 1852) — Cummings et al., 2025

+ Anodontites trigonus (Spix, 1827) — Simone, 2006

+ Anodontites trigonus trigonus (Spix, 1827) — Ramírez et al., 2003

= Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trautwinianus (Lea, 1852) — Haas, 1969

= Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trautwinianus (Lea, 1852) — Haas, 1931

= Anodontites (s.s.) trautwinianus (Lea, 1852) — Simpson, 1914

= Glabaris (s.s.) trautwinianus (Lea, 1852) — Simpson, 1900

= Anodon trautwinianus (Lea, 1852) — Sowerby, 1870

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

= Anodonta trantwiniana [sic] Lea, 1852 — Hupé, 1857

= Anodonta troutwiniana [sic] Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Margaron (Anodonta) troutwiniana [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1852

 
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