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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Anodonta

species Anodonta impura Say, 1829: synonymy
     69 specimens

Anodonta impura Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(23): 355, sp. 4.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 139-140.

Anodonta (s.s.) chalcoensisMartens (1900)
Anodonta henryanaSimpson (1900)
Anodonta cygnea impuraHannibal (1912)
Anodonta impuraSimpson (1914), Contreras-Arquieta (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Whelan et al. (2023)
Anodonta (s.s.) impuraFrierson (1927)
Anodonta marginata impuraModell (1945)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) impuraHaas (1969)

Unio (Anodonta) coarctata Anton, 1839
Anton, 1839. Verz. Conchylien: 16, no. 583.

Anodonta coarctataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1929), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Anodonta (s.s.) coarctataMartens (1900)
Anodonta cygnea impuraHannibal (1912)
Anodonta (s.s.) impuraFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) impuraHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) coarctataHaas (1969)

Anodon glabrus Sowerby, 1870
‘Valenciennes’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 25, sp. 97.

Glabaris (s.s.) inæquivalvis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Anodonta (s.s.) exiliorMartens (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) inæquivalvis [sic]Simpson (1914)
Anodonta (s.s.) impuraFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) impuraHaas (1969)

Anodonta exilior Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 188.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 24 [28], pl. 7, fig. 21.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86730, Mexico.

Anodonta exiliorSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Anodonta (s.s.) exiliorMartens (1900)
Anodonta cygnea impuraHannibal (1912)
Anodonta (s.s.) impuraFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) impuraHaas (1969)

Anodonta viridana Clessin, 1876
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 226, pl. 75, fig. 5.

Glabaris (s.s.) inæquivalvis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Anodonta (s.s.) exiliorMartens (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) inæquivalvis [sic]Simpson (1914)
Anodonta (s.s.) impuraFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) impuraHaas (1969)

Anodonta chalcoensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893
Crosse & Fischer, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 110.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 522, pl. 64, figs. 7-7a.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1656, Mexique, Lac de Chalco.

Anodonta exiliorSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodonta (s.s.) chalcoensisMartens (1900)
Anodonta cygnea impuraHannibal (1912)
Anodonta (s.s.) impuraFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) impuraHaas (1969)

Anodonta chapalensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893
Crosse & Fischer, 1893. J. de Conch. 40: 295.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 518, pl. 64, figs. 8-11.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN-IM-2000-1657, Mexique, Lac de Tchapala.

Anodonta coarctataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodonta (s.s.) coarctataMartens (1900)
Anodonta cygnea impuraHannibal (1912)
Anodonta (s.s.) impuraFrierson (1927)
Anodonta chapalensisHaas (1929), Thiele (1934), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) impuraHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) coarctataHaas (1969)

Anodonta nuttalliana lignitica Cooper, 1894
Cooper, 1894. Bull. Calif. St. Mining Bur. (4): 55, pl. 5, fig. 58.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838)

Anodonta cygnea impuraHannibal (1912)
Anodonta nuttalliana ligniticaHenderson (1935)

Anodonta richardsoni Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 529, pl. 41, figs. 1-2a.
Type(s): TYPES ZMB_108856, Rio Ameca, Prov. Jalisco, Mexico.

Anodonta (s.s.) richardsoniMartens (1900), Frierson (1927)
Anodonta richardsoniSimpson (1914), Haas (1929)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) impuraHaas (1969)

Anodonta cygnea impura Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 125.
(reference to Anodonta impura Say, 1829)

Henderson (1935)

Glabaris glabrus Frierson, 1927
‘Simpson’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 13.
(intro'd as syn of Anodonta impura Say, 1829)

Anodonta (s.s.) impuraFrierson (1927)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodonta (s.s.) chalcoensisMartens (1900)
Anodonta henryanaSimpson (1900)
Anodonta coarctataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1929), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Anodonta (s.s.) coarctataMartens (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) inæquivalvis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Anodonta (s.s.) exiliorMartens (1900)
Anodonta exiliorSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Anodonta (s.s.) richardsoniMartens (1900), Frierson (1927)
Anodonta cygnea impuraHannibal (1912)
Anodonta impuraSimpson (1914), Contreras-Arquieta (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Whelan et al. (2023)
Anodontites (s.s.) inæquivalvis [sic]Simpson (1914)
Anodonta richardsoniSimpson (1914), Haas (1929)
Anodonta (s.s.) impuraFrierson (1927)
Anodonta chapalensisHaas (1929), Thiele (1934), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Anodonta nuttalliana ligniticaHenderson (1935)
Henderson (1935)
Anodonta marginata impuraModell (1945)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) impuraHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Brachyanodon) coarctataHaas (1969)

 
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