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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Anodontites trapesialis

nominal species Anodon gigantea ‘Lea’ of Authors

Anodon gigantea ‘Lea’ of Authors = Anodontites trapesialis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
H. Adams, 1866. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1866: 444 [as ‘Leila gigantea’].
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 8, sp. 19, fig. 18.
Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 36, sp. 152 [as ‘A. trapezialis Lamarck’].
(misidentified reference to Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838)

= Anodontites trapesialis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Simone, 2006

+ Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Simone, 1994

+ Anodon trapezialis [sic] (Lamarck, 1819) — Sowerby, 1867

 
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