Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae

genus Anodontites Bruguière, 1792: synonymy

25 Recent freshwater species (25 total species)

Synonymy

Anodontites Bruguière, 1792

Bruguière, 1792. J. de Hist. Nat. 1: 134.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201.
Type species: Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792 (monotypy) = Anodontites crispata

Patularia Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 286-287, 381.
Type species: Anodon ovata Swainson, 1841 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847: 196) = Anodontites trigona

Glabaris Gray, 1847

Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 206.
Type species: Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819 (subsequent designation) = Anodontites trapesialis

Mesanodon Fischer & Crosse, 1894

Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 517.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodon lurulentus Morelet, 1849 (subsequent designation) = Anodontites lurulenta

Euryanodon Fischer & Crosse, 1894

Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 518.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodon bambousearum Morelet, 1851 (sub. desig. by Haas, 1969: 557) = Anodontites cylindracea

Pseudoleila Fischer & Crosse, 1894

Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 518.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodon ciconia Gould, 1851 (monotypy) = Anodontites trapesialis

Pachyanodon Martens, 1900

Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 525.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta latomarginata Lea, 1834 (sub. desig. by Haas, 1969: 558) = Anodontites patagonica

Scolianodon Martens, 1900

Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 525.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta inaequivalva Lea, 1868 (sub. desig. by Cummings et al., 2025: 360) = Anodontites montezuma

Styganodon Martens, 1900

Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 525.
Type species: Anodonta tenebricosa Lea, 1834 (orig. desig.) = Anodontites tenebricosa

Anodotites Marshall, 1930

Marshall, 1930. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 77(2825): 6.
(error for Anodontites Bruguière, 1792)
Type species: Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792 = Anodontites crispata

Ruganodontites Marshall, 1931

Marshall, 1931. Nautilus 45: 16.
Type species: Anodontites colombiensis Marshall, 1922 (orig. desig.) = Anodontites colombiensis

Andontites Kabat, 1997

Kabat, 1997. Occ. Pap. Moll. 5(72): 361.
(error for Anodontites Bruguière, 1792)

Anadontites Gray, 1847

‘Brug.’ Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 197.
(error for Anodontites Bruguière, 1792)
Type species: Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792 = Anodontites crispata

Anondontites Marshall, 1925

Marshall, 1925. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 67(2576): 13.
(error for Anodontites Bruguière, 1792)
Type species: Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792 = Anodontites crispata

Glabris Prashad, 1932

‘Gray’ Prashad, 1932. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 174.
(error for Glabaris Gray, 1847)
Type species: Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites trapesialis

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Anodontites, since 1900.

Glabaris (s.s.) — Simpson (1900)
Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) — Simpson (1900)
Glabaris — Simpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Pilsbry (1910), Modell (1942)
Anodonta — Simpson (1900), Corsi (1900), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Ramírez et al. (2003), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Anodonta (s.s.) — Martens (1900), Frierson (1927)
Anodonta (Patularia) — Martens (1900)
Anodonta (Scolianodon) — Martens (1900)
Anodonta (Euryanodon) — Martens (1900)
Anodonta (Glabaris) — Martens (1900)
Anodonta (Pseudoleila) — Martens (1900)
Anodonta (Pachyanodon) — Martens (1900)
Anodontites — Ortmann (1911), F. Baker (1913), Simpson (1914), Marshall (1915), Pilsbry (1920), ... Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Cummings et al. (2025)
Anodontites (s.s.) — Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1930), Haas (1931), Haas (1932), ... Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) — Simpson (1914)
Leila — Frierson (1922), Veitenheimer (1973), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Leila (Pseudoleila) — Frierson (1927)
Anodontites (sec. Ruganodontites) — Thiele (1934)
Anodontites (Styganodon) — Morretes (1949)
Anodontites (Pachyanodon) — Morretes (1949)
Bartlettia — Pain & Woodward (1961)
Anodontites (Ruganodontites) — Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Anodonta (Mesanodon) — Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Anodontoides — Contreras-Arquieta (2000)