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

Anadontites Gray, 1847

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

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

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

Euryanodon Fischer & Crosse, 1894

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

Pseudoleila Fischer & Crosse, 1894

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

Pachyanodon Martens, 1900

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

Scolianodon Martens, 1900

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 525.
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

Anondontites Marshall, 1925

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

Anodotites Marshall, 1930

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

Glabris Prashad, 1932

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

Andontites Kabat, 1997

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

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)
Anodonta — Simpson (1900), Corsi (1900), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), 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)
Glabaris — Ihering (1910), Pilsbry (1910), Modell (1942)
Anodontites — Ortmann (1911), F. Baker (1913), Simpson (1914), Marshall (1915), Pilsbry (1920), ... FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Cummings et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Martínez et al. (2026)
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)