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.
The table below lists extant species:[1]
| 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 | align=center | [2] | |||
| †Anodontites capax | align=center | [3] | |||
| †Anodontites laciranus | align=center | [4] | |||
| Anodontites trapesialis | align=center | [5] | |||