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 | Anodonta patagonica Lamarck, 1819
  Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 88, sp. 15.
 Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_MOLL_50589, Rivers of the Río de la Plata and Patagonia.
 
 Glabaris (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1900)
 Anodonta exotica — Corsi (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonica — Ortmann (1921)
 Glabaris patagonicus — Modell (1942)
 Anodontites (Pachyanodon) patagonica patagonica — Morretes (1949)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Schade (1965), Mansur et al. (1988), Simone (2006), Mansur & Pereira (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites patagonica — Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
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 | Anodon crassus Swainson, 1823Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 167.
 
 Glabaris (s.s.) crassus — Simpson (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) crassus — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonica — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites trapesialis — Simone (1994)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodon porcifer Gray, 1834Gray, 1834. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1834: 58.
 
 Glabaris porcifer — Simpson (1900)
 Anodontites porcifer — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodonta latomarginata Lea, 1834
   Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 76, pl. 12, fig. 34 [as ‘lato-marginata’]. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 394 [as ‘lato-marginata’].
 Type(s): IDIOTYPE MCZ_175657, Brazil.
 
 Glabaris (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1900)
 Anodonta latomarginata — Corsi (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonica — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus lato-marginatus — Quintana (1982)
 Anodontites ferrarisi — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodonta mortoniana Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 80 [192], pl. 13, fig. 37. 
 Glabaris (s.s.) mortonianus — Simpson (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) mortonianus — Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969)
 Anodontites (s.s.) mortoniana — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites mortoniana — Pilsbry (1933)
 Glabaris mortonianus — Modell (1942)
 Anodontites (Styganodon) mortoniana — Morretes (1949)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites mortonianus — Schade (1965), Mansur et al. (1988)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus lato-marginatus — Quintana (1982)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Unio (Anodontes) sirionos d’Orbigny, 1835d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 40.
 d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 615, pl. 74, figs. 4-6,  pl. 80, figs. 1-4 [as ‘Anodonta sirionos’].
 
 Glabaris (s.s.) sirionis [sic] — Simpson (1900)
 Anodonta sirionos — Corsi (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) sirionis [sic] — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Unio (Anodontes) sirionos var. major d’Orbigny, 1835d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 40.
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 | Unio (Anodontes) sirionos var. minor d’Orbigny, 1835d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 40.
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 | Anodonta membranacea d’Orbigny, 1846d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 616, pl. 79, fig. 11.
 
 Glabaris (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1900)
 Anodonta latomarginata — Corsi (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonica — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus lato-marginatus — Quintana (1982)
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 | Anodonta solida Küster, 1853Küster, 1853. Conch. Cab. 9: 50, pl. 12, fig. 1.
 
 Glabaris (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonica — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodonta weddellii Hupé, 1857Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 87, pl. 17, fig. 5.
 
 Glabaris (s.s.) weddellii — Simpson (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) weddellii — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites (s.s.) mortoniana — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites (s.s.) weddelii [sic] — Haas (1969)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodonta uruguayensis Lea, 1860
  Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 92. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 393, pl. 48, fig. 302.
 Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86753, Uruguay River, S.A.
 
 Glabaris (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1900)
 Anodonta uruguayensis — Corsi (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonica — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodonta wymanii Lea, 1860
  Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 91. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 390, pl. 44, fig. 294.
 Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86609, Uruguay River, S.A.
 
 Glabaris (s.s.) wymanii — Simpson (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) wymanii — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites wymani — Marshall (1915)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonica — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodonta latimarginata var. inflata Martens, 1868Martens, 1868. Malak. Blatt. 15: 198.
 
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites trapezeus — Mansur et al. (1988)
 Anodontites ferrarisi — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodonta sinuosa Clessin, 1873Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 90, pl. 22, figs. 1-2.
 
 Glabaris (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonica — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodonta serpentina Clessin, 1876Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 223, pl. 75, figs. 2-3.
 
 Glabaris (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1914), Figueiras (1965)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonica — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Glabaris bergi Ihering, 1893Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 118.
 
 Glabaris bergi — Simpson (1900)
 Anodontites bergi — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonica — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodontites elfa Marshall, 1928
  Marshall, 1928. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 74(2762): 3, pl. 4, figs. 4-6. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_368998, Canada Grande, Dept. Cerro Largo, Uruguay.
 
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Figueiras (1965)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodontites mansfieldi Marshall, 1928
  Marshall, 1928. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 74(2762): 4, pl. 2, figs. 1-3. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_368254, Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay [described from Canada Grande].
 
 Anodontites mansfieldi — Marshall (1934)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodonta bischoffi Haas, 1931‘Ihering in litt.’ Haas, 1931. Senckenbergiana 13: 94.
 
 Anodontites (s.s.) mortonianus — Haas (1931)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Unio (Anodontes) lato-marginalis var. A tenui d’Orbigny, 1835d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 39.
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 | Unio (Anodontes) lato-marginalis var. B crassa d’Orbigny, 1835d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 39.
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 | Unio (Anodontes) lato-marginalis var. C rosea d’Orbigny, 1835d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 39.
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 | Anodonta patagonia Lea, 1867Lea, 1867. Obs., index I-XI: 27.
 
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Mansur (1970)
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 | Anodonta latimarginata Martens, 1868‘Lea’ Martens, 1868. Malak. Blatt. 15: 198.
 
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites ferrarisi — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodonta moitoniana Doering, 1875Doering, 1875. Periód. Zool. 2: 46.
 
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Mansur (1970)
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 | Glabaris wymanni Ihering, 1891‘Lea’ Ihering, 1891. Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 14(380): 480.
 
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Mansur (1970)
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 | Anodontes sirionis Simpson, 1900‘d’Orbigny’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 918.
 ‘d’Orbigny’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1407.
 
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Haas (1931)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodontites weddelii Haas, 1969Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 562.
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 | Anodontites latemarginata Simone, 2006‘Corsi’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 276.
 
 Anodontites ferrarisi — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodontites solidula Simone, 2006‘Küster’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 278.
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 | Anodontites subtrapezius Simone, 2006‘Lea, 1860’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 278. [nomen nudum]
 
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 | Anodontites triangularis Simone, 2006‘Küster’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 278. [nomen nudum]
 
 Anodontites patagonicus — Simone (2006)
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 Taxonomic History (since 1900)Glabaris (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1900)Anodonta exotica — Corsi (1900)
 Glabaris (s.s.) crassus — Simpson (1900)
 Glabaris porcifer — Simpson (1900)
 Anodonta latomarginata — Corsi (1900)
 Glabaris (s.s.) mortonianus — Simpson (1900)
 Glabaris (s.s.) sirionis [sic] — Simpson (1900)
 Anodonta sirionos — Corsi (1900)
 Glabaris (s.s.) weddellii — Simpson (1900)
 Anodonta uruguayensis — Corsi (1900)
 Glabaris (s.s.) wymanii — Simpson (1900)
 Glabaris bergi — Simpson (1900)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus — Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
 Anodontites (s.s.) crassus — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites porcifer — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites (s.s.) mortonianus — Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969)
 Anodontites (s.s.) sirionis [sic] — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites (s.s.) weddellii — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites (s.s.) wymanii — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites bergi — Simpson (1914)
 Anodontites wymani — Marshall (1915)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonica — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites (s.s.) mortoniana — Ortmann (1921)
 Anodontites mortoniana — Pilsbry (1933)
 Anodontites mansfieldi — Marshall (1934)
 Glabaris patagonicus — Modell (1942)
 Glabaris mortonianus — Modell (1942)
 Anodontites (Pachyanodon) patagonica patagonica — Morretes (1949)
 Anodontites (Styganodon) mortoniana — Morretes (1949)
 Anodontites patagonicus — Schade (1965), Mansur et al. (1988), Simone (2006), Mansur & Pereira (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020)
 Anodontites mortonianus — Schade (1965), Mansur et al. (1988)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicus — Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970)
 Anodontites (s.s.) weddelii [sic] — Haas (1969)
 Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus lato-marginatus — Quintana (1982)
 Anodontites trapezeus — Mansur et al. (1988)
 Anodontites trapesialis — Simone (1994)
 Anodontites ferrarisi — Simone (2006)
 Anodontites patagonica — Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
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