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

nominal species Anodonta jewettiana Lea, 1868

image of type lot

Anodonta jewettiana Lea, 1868 = Anodontites trapesialis

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 289, pl. 41, fig. 101 [as ‘jewettii’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86681, Lake Nicaragua.

= Anodontites trapesialis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Cummings et al., 2025

+ Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Bieler, 2021

+ Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis glaucus (Valenciennes, 1833) — Haas, 1969

+ Leila (Pseudoleila) nicaragua [sic] (Philippi, 1848) — Frierson, 1927

= Anodontites (s.s.) jewettianus (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1914

= Glabaris (s.s.) jewittianus [sic] (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1900

+ Anodonta (Glabaris) jewettii Lea, 1868 — Martens, 1900

= Margaron (Anodonta) jewettii [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870

 
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