Depressed river mussel

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Depressed river mussel

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Palaeoheterodonta
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pseudanodonta
Species: P. complanata
Binomial name
Pseudanodonta complanata
Rossmässler, 1835

The depressed river mussel or compressed river mussel, Pseudanodonta complanata, is a species of freshwater mussel. It is found across northern Europe, but is endangered throughout its range.

The species' name comes from the shape of its shell. While it is thought to be threatened by pollution and the dredging of the slow-moving channels of water in which it lives, it is also said to be "easily overlooked" and may be more prevalent than commonly thought.

[edit] Distribution and conservation status

It's native distribution is European.

[edit] References

The depressed river mussel
The depressed river mussel
  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Pseudanodonta complanata", 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. Retrieved on 2007-04-28. 
  2. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Unio crassus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. cited February 17 2007. http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/18446/summ written as: LR/nt ver 2.3 (1994)
  3. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  4. ^ Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm
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  6. ^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/zoetwatermollusken/wetenschappelijk/pseudanodonta-complanata/
  7. ^ Pseudanodonta complanata - Polish Red Data Book of Animals
  8. ^ (Czech) Měkkýši (Mollusca) České republiky a Slovenska
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