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

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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Microdontia

species Microdontia anodontaeformis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883): synonymy
     15 specimens

Unio (Microdontia) anodontaeformis Tapparone Canefri, 1883
Tapparone Canefri, 1883. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 19: 295, pl. 11, figs. 3-5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MUSEO CIVICO DI STORIA NATULALE, GENOA, ITALY, [locality unknown].

Nodularia (s.s.) anodontaeformisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Microdontia anodontaeformisHaas (1913), McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Hadl (1976), ... Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)

Unio beauforti Bavay, 1908
Bavay, 1908. Nova Guinea, Zool. 5: 291, pl. 14, fig. 16.
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_3534, Jamur See N. Guinea.

Cristadens beaufortiSimpson (1914)
Ctenodesma (Nesonaia) beaufortiHaas (1924)
Microdontia anodontaeformisMcMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nodularia (s.s.) anodontaeformisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Microdontia anodontaeformisHaas (1913), McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Hadl (1976), ... Huang et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)
Cristadens beaufortiSimpson (1914)
Ctenodesma (Nesonaia) beaufortiHaas (1924)

 
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