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

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species Anodontites obtusa (Spix in Wagner, 1827): synonymy
     85 specimens

Anodon obtusus Wagner, 1827
Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 30, pl. 22, fig. 3.
Valenciennes, 1827. Coq. Mar. Biv.: pl. 48, figs. 3a-b.
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_3808, Brasilien.

Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) obtususSimpson (1900)
Glabaris obtusaIhering (1910)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) obtususSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusaOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtususHaas (1931), Haas (1949), Haas (1969), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014)
Anodontites (Styganodon) obtusa obtusaMorretes (1949)
Anodontites obtususSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020)
Anodontites obtusaGraf & Cummings (2021)

Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Wagner, 1827
Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 30, pl. 22, fig. 4, var b.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodon obtusus Wagner, 1827)
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_3807, Brasilien.

Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) lituratusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) lituratusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusaOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtususHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites obtususSimone (2006)

Anodon litturatum Moricand, 1837
‘Spix’ of Authors.
Moricand, 1837. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 147.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 87, pl. 17, fig. 4 [as ‘Anodonta litturataq’].
(error for Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Wagner, 1827)

Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) lituratusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) lituratusSimpson (1914)

Anodonta liturata Sowerby, 1868
‘Hupé’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 20, sp. 78.
Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 160.
(error for Anodon litturatum Moricand, 1837)

Anodonta obtusa var. hohenackeri Ihering, 1890
Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 161.

Anodontites (s.s.) obtusaOrtmann (1921)

Glabaris obtusa juparana Ihering, 1910
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 131.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodon obtusus Wagner, 1827)
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3823, Lagoa Juparaná, St. Espirito Santo, Brasilien.

Glabaris obtusa juparanaIhering (1910)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) obtusus var. juparanusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtususHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites (Styganodon) obtusa juparanaMorretes (1949)
Anodontites obtususSimone (2006)

Anodontites bartschi F. Baker, 1913
F. Baker, 1913. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 65: 668, pl. 27, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ANSP_109370, Rio Tapajoz, Pinhel, Brazil.

Anodontites bartschiF. Baker (1913)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtususHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites (Styganodon) bartschiMorretes (1949)
Anodontites obtususSimone (2006)

Glabaris incertus Haas, 1931
‘Simpson in litt.’ Haas, 1931. Senckenbergiana 13: 95.
(intro'd as syn of Anodon obtusus Wagner, 1827)

Anodontites (s.s.) obtususHaas (1931)
Anodontites obtususSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) obtususSimpson (1900)
Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) lituratusSimpson (1900)
Glabaris obtusaIhering (1910)
Glabaris obtusa juparanaIhering (1910)
Anodontites bartschiF. Baker (1913)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) obtususSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) lituratusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) obtusus var. juparanusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusaOrtmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtususHaas (1931), Haas (1949), Haas (1969), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014)
Anodontites (Styganodon) obtusa obtusaMorretes (1949)
Anodontites (Styganodon) obtusa juparanaMorretes (1949)
Anodontites (Styganodon) bartschiMorretes (1949)
Anodontites obtususSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020)
Anodontites obtusaGraf & Cummings (2021)

 
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