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

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species Anodontites trigona (Spix in Wagner, 1827): synonymy
     352 specimens

Anodon trigonus Wagner, 1827
Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 29, pl. 22, fig. 2.
(renamed Unio (Anodontes) chiquitana d’Orbigny, 1835)

Glabaris (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1900)
Glabaris trigonaIhering (1910)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1914), Rumi et al. (2008)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonaOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trigonusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Glabaris trigonusModell (1942)
Anodontites (Styganodon) trigonaMorretes (1949)
Anodontites trigonusMansur & Valer (1992), Bogan & Hoeh (2000), Hoeh et al. (2001), Hoeh et al. (2002), Roe & Hoeh (2003), ... Graf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Zieritz et al. (2015)
Anodontites trigonus trigonusRamírez et al. (2003)
Anodontites trigonaMartinez et al. (2004), Lasso et al. (2009), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022), Torres et al. (2024)
Anodontites elongatusMansur et al. (2020)

Anodon georginae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 19, fig. 3 [as ‘georginæ’].
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 595 [as ‘georginæ’].

Glabaris (s.s.) georginaeSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) georginaeSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonaOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus georginaeHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982)
Anodontites trigonus georginaeSchade (1965)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)
Petit & Coan (2008)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus gorginae [sic]Rumi et al. (2008)

Unio (Anodontes) chiquitana d’Orbigny, 1835
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 41.
(new name for Anodon trigonus Wagner, 1827)
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_4053, Rio Parana, Prov. Corrientes, Argentinien.

Glabaris (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trigonusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)

Unio (Anodontes) limnoica d’Orbigny, 1835
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 40.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 619, pl. 79, figs. 1-3 [as ‘Anodonta limnoica’].
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_3822, Maloya Sumpfe, Prov Corrientes, Argentinien.

Glabaris (s.s.) limnoicusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) limnoicusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus georginaeHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Unio (Anodontes) puelchana d’Orbigny, 1835
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 40.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 620, pl. 79, figs. 7-9 [as ‘Anodonta puelchana’].

Glabaris (s.s.) puelchanusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) limnoicusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) puelchanaOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus georginaeHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)
Anodontites (s.s.) puelchanusRumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Anodontites puelchanusMansur et al. (2020)
Anodontites puelchanaTorres et al. (2024)

Anodon ovata Swainson, 1841
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 381 [as ‘Patularia ovata’].
Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 30, pl. 36.

Glabaris (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodonta trautwiniana Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 287, pl. 26, fig. 48.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252 [as ‘troutwiniana’]. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86684, Carthegena, U.S. Colombia.

Glabaris (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trautwinianusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites trigonus trigonusRamírez et al. (2003)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodonta castelnaudii Hupé, 1857
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 88, pl. 18, fig. 4.

Glabaris (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trautwinianusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodonta lingulata Hupé, 1857
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 89, pl. 18, fig. 1.

Glabaris (s.s.) lingulatusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) lingulatusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) mortonianaOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus georginaeHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodonta obtusula Hupé, 1857
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 87, pl. 14 [17], fig. 3.

Glabaris (s.s.) puelchanusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) limnoicusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trautwinianusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodonta lymnoica Chenu, 1858
Chenu, 1858. Illustr. Conchyl.: pl. 3, figs. 1-1b.
(error for Unio (Anodontes) limnoica d’Orbigny, 1835)

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

Anodonta amazonensis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 89.
Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 395 [31], pl. 46, fig. 300.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86724, Upper Amazon, Brazil.

Glabaris (s.s.) amazonensisSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) amazonensisSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trigonusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodonta incarum Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 40.

Glabaris (s.s.) incarumSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) incarumSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trautwinianusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites incarumMansur & Valer (1992), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodonta subrostrata Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 39.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 486, pl. 105, figs. 1-3.

Glabaris (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trigonusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodonta subrostrataRamírez et al. (2003)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodonta ucayalensis Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 40.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 486, pl. 105, figs. 4-6.

Glabaris (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trigonusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodonta ucayalensisRamírez et al. (2003)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodon amazoniensis Sowerby, 1870
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 30, sp. 120.
Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 284.
(error for Anodonta amazonensis Lea, 1860)

Glabaris (s.s.) amazonensisSimpson (1900)

Anodonta carthagena Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 922.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1427.
(intro'd as syn of Anodonta trautwiniana Lea, 1852)

Glabaris (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus var. pallescens Simpson, 1914
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1442.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodon trigonus Wagner, 1827)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86731, Amazon River.

Anodontites (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1914)

Anodontites (s.s.) hasemani Ortmann, 1921
Ortmann, 1921. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8: 609, pl. 42, figs. 6-7.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.5832 (by R.I. Johnson, 1977: 237), headwaters of the Rio Paraguay, Santa Rita, Matto Grosso, Brazil.

Anodontites (s.s.) hasemaniOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (Styganodon) hasemaniMorretes (1949)
Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicusHaas (1969)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodontites (s.s.) hyrioides Ortmann, 1921
Ortmann, 1921. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8: 604, pl. 42, figs. 3-5.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.5829 (by R.I. Johnson, 1977: 237), Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil.

Anodontites (s.s.) hyrioidesOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trigonusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites (Styganodon) hyrioidesMorretes (1949)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Leila sowerbyana Frierson, 1922
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 33, sp. 134 [as ‘Anodon trautwinianus’].
Frierson, 1922. Nautilus 36: 9.
(homonym of Glabaris trapezea var. sowerbyana Ihering, 1893)

Leila sowerbyanaFrierson (1922)
Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodontites lizeri Doello-Jurado, 1924
Doello-Jurado, 1924. Physis 7(25): ??.

Anodontites trigonusSimone (2006)

Anodontites nasutus of Authors, unknown year
Marshall, in USNM coll. of Authors.
Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME USNM_361150, Beni River, Rurrenebague, Bolivia, drains into the Madeira which drains into the Amazon.

Margaron (Anodonta) troutwiniana Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 51.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252 [as ‘Anodonta troutwiniana’]. [nomen nudum]
(error for Anodonta trautwiniana Lea, 1852)

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

Anodonta trantwiniana Hupé, 1857
‘Lea’ Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 90.
(error for Anodonta trautwiniana Lea, 1852)

Anodon trautwinianus Sowerby, 1870
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 33, sp. 134.
(reference to Anodonta trautwiniana Lea, 1852)

Glabaris (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1900)
Leila sowerbyanaFrierson (1922)

Anodon chiquetana Simpson, 1900
‘d’Orbigny’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 928.
‘d’Orbigny’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1441.
(error for Unio (Anodontes) chiquitana d’Orbigny, 1835)

Anodontites icarum Simone, 2006
‘Philippi’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 284.
(error for Anodonta incarum Philippi, 1869)

Anodontites trigonus gorginae Rumi et al., 2008
Rumi et al., 2008. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56(1): 85.
(error for Anodon georginae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glabaris (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) georginaeSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) limnoicusSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) puelchanusSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) lingulatusSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) amazonensisSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (s.s.) incarumSimpson (1900)
Glabaris trigonaIhering (1910)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonusSimpson (1914), Rumi et al. (2008)
Anodontites (s.s.) georginaeSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) limnoicusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trautwinianusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) lingulatusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) amazonensisSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914), Petit & Coan (2008)
Anodontites (s.s.) incarumSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonaOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) puelchanaOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) mortonianaOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) hasemaniOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) hyrioidesOrtmann (1921)
Leila sowerbyanaFrierson (1922)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trigonusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus georginaeHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus trautwinianusHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Glabaris trigonusModell (1942)
Anodontites (Styganodon) trigonaMorretes (1949)
Anodontites (Styganodon) hasemaniMorretes (1949)
Anodontites (Styganodon) hyrioidesMorretes (1949)
Anodontites trigonus georginaeSchade (1965)
Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus patagonicusHaas (1969)
Anodontites trigonusMansur & Valer (1992), Bogan & Hoeh (2000), Hoeh et al. (2001), Hoeh et al. (2002), Roe & Hoeh (2003), ... Graf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Zieritz et al. (2015)
Anodontites incarumMansur & Valer (1992), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Anodontites trigonus trigonusRamírez et al. (2003)
Anodonta subrostrataRamírez et al. (2003)
Anodonta ucayalensisRamírez et al. (2003)
Anodontites trigonaMartinez et al. (2004), Lasso et al. (2009), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022), Torres et al. (2024)
Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus gorginae [sic]Rumi et al. (2008)
Anodontites (s.s.) puelchanusRumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Anodontites elongatusMansur et al. (2020)
Anodontites puelchanusMansur et al. (2020)
Anodontites puelchanaTorres et al. (2024)

 
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