Anisodonta
Genus of bivalves
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Anisodonta is a genus of bivalves, marine gastropod molluscs belonging to the family Basterotiidae.[1]
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| Anisodonta | |
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| Anisodonta alata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Galeommatida |
| Family: | Basterotiidae |
| Genus: | Anisodonta Deshayes, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| † Anisodonta complanata Deshayes, 1857 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Taxonomy
Anisodonta was first described by Gérard Paul Deshayes in 1857.[2] Deshayes based his description on a fossil dating to the Eocene from the Paris basin.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Anisodonta include:[1]
- Anisodonta alata (A. W. B. Powell, 1952)
- † Anisodonta ambigua (Deshayes, 1857)
- Anisodonta carolina Dall, 1900
- † Anisodonta complanata Deshayes, 1857
- † Anisodonta depressiuscula Cossmann, 1886
- † Anisodonta edentula (Deshayes, 1858)
- Anisodonta pseudoscintilla Ponder, 1971
- † Anisodonta rugosula (Deshayes, 1857)
- † Anisodonta subrectangularis (N. H. Woods, 1931)
- † Anisodonta trigonula Cossmann, 1886
- † Anisodonta umzambiensis Rennie, 1930