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

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species Anodontites tortilis (Lea, 1852): synonymy
     101 specimens

Anodonta tortilis Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 291, pl. 28, fig. 54.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86405, Cartagena, S.A.

Glabaris (s.s.) tortilisSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) tortilisSimpson (1914), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014)
Anodontites tortilisFrierson (1927), Marshall (1930), H.B. Baker (1930), Mansur & Valer (1992), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022), Cummings et al. (2025)

Anodonta trautwiniana Lea, 1852
Lea, 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.

Glabaris (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trautwinianusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites trigonus trigonusRamírez et al. (2003)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)
Anodontites tortilisCummings et al. (2025)

Anodonta carinata Dunker, 1858
Dunker, 1858. Malak. Blatt. 5: 225.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_108725 (by Haas, 1931: 92), Rio Choco, Nueva Grenada.

Glabaris carinataSimpson (1900)
Anodontites carinataSimpson (1914), Marshall (1930), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Anodontites (s.s.) carinatus carinatusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites crispatusSimone (2006)
Anodontites (s.s.) carinatusPereira et al. (2014)
Anodontites carinatusMansur et al. (2020)
Anodontites tortilisCummings et al. (2025)

Anodonta luteola Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 118.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 267 [85], pl. 43, fig. 147.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86766, Isthmus of Darien.

Glabaris (s.s.) luteolusSimpson (1900)
Anodonta (Pachyanodon) luteolaMartens (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) tortilisSimpson (1914)
Anodontites luteolusPilsbry (1920)
Anodontites tortilisFrierson (1927), H.B. Baker (1930), Cummings et al. (2025)
Haas (1969)

Anodontites palmeri Marshall, 1930
Marshall, 1930. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 77(2825): 6, pl. 2, figs. 1, 4, 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_380695, Colombia, from a small stream in dense jungle, 13 kilometers S of Puerto Santos, Prov. Santander del Norte.

Anodontites palmeriMarshall (1930)
Anodontites (s.s.) carinatus carinatusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites crispatusSimone (2006)
Anodontites tortilisCummings et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glabaris (s.s.) tortilisSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1900)
Glabaris carinataSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) luteolusSimpson (1900)
Anodonta (Pachyanodon) luteolaMartens (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) tortilisSimpson (1914), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014)
Anodontites (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites carinataSimpson (1914), Marshall (1930), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Anodontites luteolusPilsbry (1920)
Anodontites tortilisFrierson (1927), Marshall (1930), H.B. Baker (1930), Mansur & Valer (1992), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022), Cummings et al. (2025)
Anodontites palmeriMarshall (1930)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trautwinianusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites (s.s.) carinatus carinatusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Haas (1969)
Anodontites trigonus trigonusRamírez et al. (2003)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)
Anodontites crispatusSimone (2006)
Anodontites (s.s.) carinatusPereira et al. (2014)
Anodontites carinatusMansur et al. (2020)

 
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