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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina

genus Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876: synonymy
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876
Bourguignat, 1876. Bull. Soc. Sci. Phys. Nat. Toulouse 3: 99.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 11, 3.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudodon Gould, 1844)
Type species: Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1835 (sub. desig. by Westerlund, 1902: 137) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Elongatiana Servain, 1888
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 325.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 11 [55, 59].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 302.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)
Type species: Pseudanodonta ligerica Bourguignat, 1880 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 11) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Complanatiana Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 11 [55].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)
Type species: Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1835 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 9) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Rayana Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 14 [55, 58].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)
Type species: Pseudanodonta rayi Bourguignat, 1880 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1890: 14) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Rossmassleriana Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 11.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)
Type species: Pseudanodonta rossmaessleri Bourguignat, 1880 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1890: 11) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Scrupeana Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 14 [55, 58].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)
Type species: Pseudanodonta scrupea Bourguignat, 1880 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1890: 14) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudoanodonta Picaglia, 1893
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Picaglia, 1893. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 18: 117.
Westerlund, 1902. Rad. Jugoslav. Akad. 150: 137.
(error for Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)

Pseudoodonta Picaglia, 1893
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Picaglia, 1893. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 18: 117.
Kennard & Woodward, 1924. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 16: ??.
(error for Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)

Pseudonodonta Preston, 1914
Preston, 1914. Zool. Rec. 50: 84.
(error for Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)

Pseuanodonta Kennard & Woodward, 1926
Kennard & Woodward, 1926. Syn. Brit. non-marine Moll.: 334.
(error for Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)

Rossmaessleriana Locard, 1890
Bourguignat in
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 55 [as ‘Rossmässleriana’].
Martens, 1891. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 23(1-2): 15 [as ‘Rossmässleriana’].
(error for Rossmassleriana Servain, 1890)

Rayiana Germain, 1904
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 284.
(error for Rayana Servain, 1890)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

AnodontaSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Germain (1931), Haas (1940), Dyduch-Falniowska & Koziol (1989), Kantor et al. (2010)
PilsbryoconchaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
PseudanodontaRochebrune (1903), Kobelt (1904), Germain (1904), Kobelt & Haas (1910), Haas (1913), ... Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)
Pseudanodonta (Rayiana) [sic]Germain (1904)
Pseudanodonta (Rossmassleriana)Germain (1904)
Pseudanodonta (Scrupeana)Germain (1904)
Anodonta (Pseudanodonta)Zhadin (1938), Zhadin (1965)
Anodonta (s.s.)Haas (1969)

 
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