Anodonta

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Anodonta
Duck mussel, Anodonta anatina
Duck mussel, Anodonta anatina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Anodonta
Lamarck, 1799

Anodonta is a genus of medium-sized to large freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Unionidae.

Species in this genus include:

  • Duck mussel Anodonta anatina Linné, 1758
  • Anodonta beringiana Middendorff, 1851
  • Anodonta californiensis I. Lea, 1852
  • Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817
  • Anodonta couperiana I. Lea, 1840
  • Swan mussel Anodonta cygnea Linné, 1758
  • Anodonta dejecta Lewis, 1875
  • Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824
  • Anodonta grandis Say, 1829
  • Anodonta heardi M. E. Gordon and Hoeh, 1995
  • Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829
  • Anodonta implicata Say, 1829
  • Anodonta kennerlyi I. Lea, 1860
  • Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838
  • Anodonta oregonensis I. Lea, 1838
  • Anodonta peggyae Johnson, 1965
  • Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831

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