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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Anodontites obtusa

nominal species Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Wagner, 1827

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Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Wagner, 1827 = Anodontites obtusa

Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 30, pl. 22, fig. 4, var b.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodon obtusus Wagner, 1827)
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_3807, Brasilien.

= Anodontites obtusa

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Anodontites (s.s.) obtusus (Spix, 1827) — Haas, 1969

+ Anodontites (s.s.) obtusus (Spix, 1827) — Haas, 1931

+ Anodontites (s.s.) obtusa (Spix, 1827) — Ortmann, 1921

= Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) lituratus (Spix, 1827) — Simpson, 1914

= Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) lituratus (Spix, 1827) — Simpson, 1900

+ Anodonta obtusa Spix — Ihering, 1890

+ Margaron (Anodonta) obtusa (Spix) — Lea, 1870

= Anodon liturata Hupé — Sowerby, 1868

= Anodonta litturata [sic] (Spix) — Hupé, 1857

+ Margaron (Anodonta) obtusa (Spix) — Lea, 1852

+ Margarita (Anodonta) obtusa Spix — Lea, 1838

+ Anodonta obtusa Wagn. — Moricand, 1837

+ Margarita (Anodonta) obtusa (Spix) — Lea, 1836

= Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Spix & Wagner, 1827 — Wagner, 1827

 
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