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 name Authority Distribution A. aroana A. carinata Widespread distribution from Guyana west to the Magdalena River, Colombia A. colombiensis Known from the Colorado River and adjacent streams in northern Colombia A. crispata Widespread in tropical South America, north of the Paraná Basin A. cylindracea Chiapas and Veracruz, Mexico A. depexus Guatemala A. elongata Amazon Basin in Brazil, Peru and Colombia; the Magdalena River in Colombia; and the upper Paraguay in the Paraná Basin A. ferrarisii Lower Paraná system A. guanarensis Venezuela A. iheringi Paraná and adjacent coastal streams in Brazil A. inaequivalva Lake Nicaragua A. infossus Northern Venezuela A. leotaudi Venezuela and Trinidad A. lucida Paraná and adjacent coastal streams in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina A. moricandii Lower São Francisco and Atlantic streams as far south as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A. obtusa Disjunct 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. patagonica Widespread in the Paraná and adjacent coastal basins. A. pittieri Venezuela A. schomburgianus Described from British Guyana A. solenidea From the São Francisco south to the Paraná in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina A. tehuantepecensis Mexico and Central America A. tenebricosa Widespread upper Amazon, coastal streams of southern Brazil and the Paraná Basin, South America A. tortilis Guyanas, Venezuela and Colombia, north to Costa Rica A. trapesialis Widespread in South America from the Paraná System through the Amazon Basin and northern drainages, and north to Mexico A. trapezea Paraná and Rio São Francisco basins, west to the upper Amazon A. trigona
Four species are known from fossils (three exclusively so):
Species Authors Formation Country Refs †Anodontites batesi Pebas Formation Peru Fossilworks †Anodontites capax Pebas Formation Peru Fossilworks †Anodontites laciranus Santa Teresa Formation Colombia Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.64 Anodontites trapesialis Solimões Formation Brazil Fossilworks
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