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Anodontia (Anodontia) edentula (Linnaeus, 1758)
224840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224840)
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Anodontia (Anodontia) Link, 1807 accepted as Anodontia Link, 1807
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(of Venus edentula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy Taylor & Glover (2005) explained that as the original description was vague and could apply to several Anodontia species ...
Taxonomy Taylor & Glover (2005) explained that as the original description was vague and could apply to several Anodontia species and the so called type specimen added later, there is considerable confusion as to which Anodontia species this name applies. They recommended abandonment of the name. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Anodontia (Anodontia) edentula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224840 on 2025-09-11
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(of Venus edentula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Taylor, J. D. & Glover, E. A. (2005). Cryptic diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves: a systematic revision of worldwide <i>Anodontia</i> (Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinidae). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 3(3): 281-338. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Taylor, J. D. & Glover, E. A. (2005). Cryptic diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves: a systematic revision of worldwide <i>Anodontia</i> (Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinidae). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 3(3): 281-338. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Taylor & Glover (2005) explained that as the original description was vague and could apply to several Anodontia species and the so called type specimen added later, there is considerable confusion as to which Anodontia species this name applies. They recommended abandonment of the name. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | toothless platter shell | [details] |
