Tribe Anodontini Rafinesque 1820 (freshwater mussel)
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Alternative spelling: Anodontinae
Synonyms: Brachyanodontini Bogatov et al. 2002, Pseudanodontinae Stadnichenko 1984
Parent taxon: Unioninae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nelson et al. 2016 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Cucumerunio, Lithodomina, Unio, Unionini, Strophitus, Acuticosta, Nodularia, Heudeana, Cafferia
Subtaxa: Brachyanodon Pseudanodonta Sichuanoconcha Xishanoconcha
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Gaosi, Lezhi (Jurassic of China)