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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Anodontites

species Anodontites obtusa (Spix in Wagner, 1827): nominal species
     85 specimens available.

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.

Anodon obtusus — Wagner (1827), Sowerby (1867)
Margarita (Anodonta) obtusa — Lea (1836), Lea (1838)
Anodonta obtusa — Moricand (1837), Küster (1839), Hanley (1843), Hupé (1857), Ihering (1890)
Margaron (Anodonta) obtusa — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Anodonta (Patularia) obtusus — Adams & Adams (1857)
Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) obtusus — Simpson (1900)
Glabaris obtusa — Ihering (1910)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) obtusus — Simpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusa — Ortmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusus — Haas (1931), Haas (1949), Haas (1969), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014)
Anodontites (Styganodon) obtusa obtusa — Morretes (1949)
Anodontites obtusus — Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020)
Anodontites obtusa — Graf & 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.

Anodon obtusus var. lituratum — Wagner (1827)
Margarita (Anodonta) obtusa — Lea (1836), Lea (1838)
Anodonta obtusa — Moricand (1837), Ihering (1890)
Margaron (Anodonta) obtusa — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Anodonta litturata — Hupé (1857)
Anodon liturata — Sowerby (1868)
Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) lituratus — Simpson (1900)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) lituratus — Simpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusa — Ortmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusus — Haas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites obtusus — Simone (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)

Anodon litturatum — Moricand (1837)
Anodonta obtusa — Ihering (1890)
Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) lituratus — Simpson (1900)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) lituratus — Simpson (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 liturata — Sowerby (1868)
Anodonta obtusa — Ihering (1890)

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

Anodonta obtusa var. hohenackeri — Ihering (1890)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusa — Ortmann (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 juparana — Ihering (1910)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) obtusus var. juparanus — Simpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusus — Haas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites (Styganodon) obtusa juparana — Morretes (1949)
Anodontites obtusus — Simone (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 bartschi — F. Baker (1913)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusus — Haas (1931), Haas (1969)
Anodontites (Styganodon) bartschi — Morretes (1949)
Anodontites obtusus — Simone (2006)

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

Glabaris incertus — Haas (1931)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusus — Haas (1931)
Anodontites obtusus — Simone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) obtusus — Simpson (1900)
Glabaris (sec. Styganodon) lituratus — Simpson (1900)
Glabaris obtusa — Ihering (1910)
Glabaris obtusa juparana — Ihering (1910)
Anodontites bartschi — F. Baker (1913)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) obtusus — Simpson (1914)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) lituratus — Simpson (1914)
Anodontites (sec. Styganodon) obtusus var. juparanus — Simpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusa — Ortmann (1921)
Anodontites (s.s.) obtusus — Haas (1931), Haas (1949), Haas (1969), Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014)
Glabaris incertus — Haas (1931)
Anodontites (Styganodon) obtusa obtusa — Morretes (1949)
Anodontites (Styganodon) obtusa juparana — Morretes (1949)
Anodontites (Styganodon) bartschi — Morretes (1949)
Anodontites obtusus — Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020)
Anodontites obtusa — Graf & Cummings (2021)

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