Anisodonta

Anisodonta
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]
Anisodonta (Anisodonta)Deshayes, 1857 Anisodonta (Austrosportella)Ponder, 1971 Anisodonta (Tahunanuia)A. W. B. Powell, 1952 TahunanuiaA. W. B. Powell, 1952

Anisodonta is a genus of bivalves, marine gastropod molluscs belonging to the family Basterotiidae. ^[1]

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

References

1. Anisodonta Deshayes, 1857 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 December 2025.
2. Description des animaux sans vertèbres découverts dans le bassin de Paris, pour servir de supplément à la description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris, comprenant une revue générale de toutes les espèces actuellement connues. Tome premier. Mollusques acéphalés dimyaires (in French). Paris: Baillière. 1857. p. 542.
3. Powell, A.W.B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Auckland: Collins. p. 405. ISBN   0002169061.