Anodontites


Anodontites is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Mycetopodidae. Anodontites are present in South and Middle America, as far north as Mexico.

Species

The table below lists extant species:
Scientific nameAuthorityDistribution
A. aroanaH.B. Baker 1930
A. carinataDunker 1858Widespread distribution from Guyana west to the Magdalena River, Colombia
A. colombiensisMarshall 1922Known from the Colorado River and adjacent streams in northern Colombia
A. crispataBruguière 1792Widespread in tropical South America, north of the Paraná Basin
A. cylindraceaLea 1838Chiapas and Veracruz, Mexico
A. depexusMartens 1900Guatemala
A. elongataSwainson 1823Amazon Basin in Brazil, Peru and Colombia; the Magdalena River in Colombia; and the upper Paraguay in the Paraná Basin
A. ferrarisiid'Orbigny 1835Lower Paraná system
A. guanarensisMarshall 1927Venezuela
A. iheringiClessin 1882Paraná and adjacent coastal streams in Brazil
A. inaequivalvaLea 1868Lake Nicaragua
A. infossusH.B. Baker 1930Northern Venezuela
A. leotaudiGuppy 1866Venezuela and Trinidad
A. lucidad'Orbigny 1835Paraná and adjacent coastal streams in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina
A. moricandiiLea 1860Lower São Francisco and Atlantic streams as far south as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A. obtusaSpix & Wagner 1827Disjunct distribution in the Tapajos River in the Amazon Basin, the São Francisco River and adjacent coastal streams, and the Piracicaba in the upper Paraná basin
A. patagonicaLamarck 1819Widespread in the Paraná and adjacent coastal basins.
A. pittieriMarshall 1922Venezuela
A. schomburgianusSowerby 1870Described from British Guyana
A. solenideaSowerby 1867From the São Francisco south to the Paraná in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina
A. tehuantepecensisCrosse & Fischer 1893Mexico and Central America
A. tenebricosaLea 1834Widespread upper Amazon, coastal streams of southern Brazil and the Paraná Basin, South America
A. tortilisLea 1852Guyanas, Venezuela and Colombia, north to Costa Rica
A. trapesialisLamarck 1819Widespread in South America from the Paraná System through the Amazon Basin and northern drainages, and north to Mexico
A. trapezeaSpix & Wagner 1827Paraná and Rio São Francisco basins, west to the upper Amazon
A. trigonaSpix & Wagner 1827

Four species are known from fossils :
SpeciesAuthorsFormationCountryRefs
†Anodontites batesiWoodward 1871Pebas FormationPeru
†Anodontites capaxConrad 1874Pebas FormationPeru
†Anodontites laciranusDe Porta 1966Santa Teresa FormationColombia
Anodontites trapesialisLamarck 1819Solimões FormationBrazil