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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Anodontites

species Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792: synonymy
     68 specimens

Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792
Bruguière, 1792. J. de Hist. Nat. 1: 135, pl. 8, figs. 6-7.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], figs. 3a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 86, sp. 7.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MPL_0038, Cayenne ? “Habite... les régions australes? Du voyage de Baudin. Mus. n°. Mon cabinet.” ["Lives... the southern regions? The Baudin voyage. Mus. No.. My cabinet.

Glabaris (s.s.) crispatusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites crispataOrtmann (1911), Thiele (1934), Modell (1942), Graf (2000), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatusSimpson (1914), Haas (1932), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispataOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatus crispatusHaas (1931), Haas (1949)
Anodontites (Styganodon) crispata crispataMorretes (1949)
Anodontites (s.s.) cristatus [sic]Haas (1969)
Anodontites crispatusMansur & Valer (1992), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020)

Anodon glauca Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 293.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5933, Peru.

Glabaris (s.s.) glaucusSimpson (1900)

Anodonta puberula Gould, 1852
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 434, pl. 548, a, b.
Type(s): TYPE USNM_5933, Peru.

Glabaris (s.s.) crispatusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatusSimpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatus crispatusHaas (1931)
Anodontites crispatusSimone (2006)

Anodon reticulatus Sowerby, 1867
‘Gould’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 10, sp. 27.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965208, River Amazon.

Glabaris (s.s.) crispatusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatusSimpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispataOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatus crispatusHaas (1931)
Anodontites crispatusSimone (2006)

Anodonta napoensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 162.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 324 [84], pl. 53, fig. 137.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_25429, Rio Napo, Ecuador.

Glabaris (s.s.) napoensisSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) napoensisSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatus crispatusHaas (1931)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatusHaas (1969)
Anodontites crispatusSimone (2006)
Anodontites napoensisMansur et al. (2020)
Anodontites crispataBreure et al. (2022)

Anodonta crispa Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
‘Lamarck’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.

Anodontites (s.s.) crispatusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites crispatusSimone (2006)

Anodon napolensis Sowerby, 1870
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: index.

Anodontites cristatus Haas, 1969
‘Bruguière’ Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N463, fig. D54:5.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glabaris (s.s.) crispatusSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) glaucusSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) napoensisSimpson (1900)
Anodontites crispataOrtmann (1911), Thiele (1934), Modell (1942), Graf (2000), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatusSimpson (1914), Haas (1932), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014)
Anodontites (s.s.) napoensisSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispataOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) crispatus crispatusHaas (1931), Haas (1949)
Anodontites (Styganodon) crispata crispataMorretes (1949)
Anodontites (s.s.) cristatus [sic]Haas (1969)
Anodontites crispatusMansur & Valer (1992), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020)
Anodontites napoensisMansur et al. (2020)

 
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