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

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species Pyganodon globosa (Lea, 1841): synonymy
     28 specimens

Anodonta globosa Lea, 1841
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 31.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 241 [79], pl. 24, fig. 56.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86701, Concha Lake, 20 leagues S Vera Cruz near Tlocatalpan, Mexico.

Anodonta globosaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Anodonta (Patularia) globosaMartens (1900)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis-globosaFrierson (1927)
Anodonta grandis globosaHaas (1929)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis globosaHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) globosaHaas (1969)
Pyganodon grandisGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Pyganodon globosaCummings et al. (2025)

Anodon nopalatensis Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 16, sp. 58.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965189, Rio Nopalata, Mexico.

Anodonta globosaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodonta (Patularia) nopalatensisMartens (1900)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis-globosaFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis globosaHaas (1969)
Pyganodon globosaCummings et al. (2025)

Anodonta grijalvae Morelet, 1884
Morelet, 1884. J. de Conch. 32: 123.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1893-2-4-2009 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 85), Rio dos Idolos, un des bras du fleuve Grijalva, Tabasco [Mexico].

Glabaris (s.s.) grijalvaeSimpson (1900)
Anodonta (Patularia) grijalvaeMartens (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) grijalvaeSimpson (1914)
Anodonta grandis grijalvaeFrierson (1922)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis-grijalvaeFrierson (1927)
Anodonta grandis grijvalvae [sic]Haas (1929)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis tabascensisHaas (1969)
Pyganodon globosaCummings et al. (2025)

Anodonta tabascensis Morelet, 1884
Morelet, 1884. J. de Conch. 32: 124.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-2006, Tabasco, Mexico.

Anodonta tabascoensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Anodonta (Patularia) tabascensisMartens (1900)
Anodonta tabascensisSimpson (1914)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis-tabascensisFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis tabascensisHaas (1969)
Pyganodon globosaCummings et al. (2025)

Margaron (Anodonta) napolatensis Lea, 1870
‘Sow.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 81.
(error for Anodon nopalatensis Sowerby, 1867)

Anodonta grijoloae Paetel, 1890
‘Morl.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 180.
(error for Anodonta grijalvae Morelet, 1884)

Glabaris (s.s.) grijalvaeSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) grijalvaeSimpson (1914)

Anodonta tabascoensis Simpson, 1900
‘Morelet’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 646.
(error for Anodonta tabascensis Morelet, 1884)

Anodonta tabascensisSimpson (1914)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis-tabascensisFrierson (1927)

Anodonta grandis grijvalvae Haas, 1929
‘Morelet’ Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 319.
(error for Anodonta grijalvae Morelet, 1884)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodonta globosaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Anodonta (Patularia) globosaMartens (1900)
Anodonta (Patularia) nopalatensisMartens (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) grijalvaeSimpson (1900)
Anodonta (Patularia) grijalvaeMartens (1900)
Anodonta tabascoensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Anodonta (Patularia) tabascensisMartens (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) grijalvaeSimpson (1914)
Anodonta tabascensisSimpson (1914)
Anodonta grandis grijalvaeFrierson (1922)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis-globosaFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis-grijalvaeFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis-tabascensisFrierson (1927)
Anodonta grandis globosaHaas (1929)
Anodonta grandis grijvalvae [sic]Haas (1929)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis globosaHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) globosaHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis tabascensisHaas (1969)
Pyganodon grandisGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Pyganodon globosaCummings et al. (2025)

 
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