African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Anodontia Link, 1807

AphiaID

138143 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138143)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Leucosphaerinae J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2011

Original name

Anodontia Link, 1807

Synonymised names

Anodontia (Anodontia) Link, 1807 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Anodontia edentula (Linnaeus, 1758) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Subgenus Anodontia (Afrophysema) J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2005 accepted as Afrophysema J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2005 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Anodontia (Afrophysema) eutornus (Tomlin, 1921) accepted as Afrophysema eutornus (Tomlin, 1921)
Subgenus Anodontia (Anodontia) Link, 1807 accepted as Anodontia Link, 1807 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Anodontia (Anodontia) edentula (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Anodontia edentula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Anodontia (Cryptophysema) J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2005 accepted as Cryptophysema J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2005 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Anodontia (Cryptophysema) ovulum (Reeve, 1850) accepted as Cryptophysema ovulum (Reeve, 1850)
Subgenus Anodontia (Euanodontia) J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2005 accepted as Euanodontia J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2005 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Anodontia (Euanodontia) ovum (Reeve, 1850) accepted as Euanodontia ovum (Reeve, 1850)
Subgenus Anodontia (Loripinus) Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Loripinus Monterosato, 1883 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Anodontia (Loripinus) fragilis (R. A. Philippi, 1836) accepted as Loripinus fragilis (R. A. Philippi, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anodontia Link, 1807. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138143 on 2026-02-15

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Anodontia Link, 1807. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138143 on 2026-02-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-07-31 06:57:06Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2010-03-05 15:46:48Z

checked

Taylor, John

2010-08-02 10:05:06Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-08-10 10:14:45Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2012-07-16 18:27:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-02-01 20:32:46Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-01-23 20:03:29Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-08-07 19:39:07Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2023-10-11 18:16:20Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]

basis of record Taylor, J. D. & Glover, E. A. (2005). Cryptic diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves: a systematic revision of worldwide Anodontia (Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinidae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 3(3): 281-338., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477200005001672 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 88 [details]

additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 85 [details]

additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 121 [details]

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