Duck mussel
| Duck mussel | |
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| A live individual of the duck mussel, Anodonta anatina | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Anodonta |
| Species: | A. anatina |
| Binomial name | |
| Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1823 | |
The duck mussel, scientific name Anodonta anatina, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Description
See Animalbase below (external link).
Distribution
The native distribution of this species is European-Siberian.
- Croatia
- Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia,[2] least concern (LC)[3]
- Germany
- Germany - (Arten der Vorwarnliste)[4]
- Listed as specially protected species in annex 1 of the Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
- Great Britain
- Isle of Man - found at Lhen mouth (1922–25) and at Guilcagh (1985). Not protected by Wildlife Act 1990.
- Ireland - found sporadically throughout the Shannon-Erne waterways and in Lough Neagh[5]
- Netherlands - yes [6]
- Russia
- Sverdlovsk oblast - yes [7]
- Slovakia[2]
- Sweden - it is the most widely distributed large freshwater bivalve in Sweden [8]
- Spain [9]
References
- ↑ Lopes-Lima, M. (2014). "Anodonta anatina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
- ↑ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
- ↑ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
- ↑ EPA State of the Environment Report 2004, Chapter 6
- ↑ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/zoetwatermollusken/wetenschappelijk/anodonta-anatina/
- ↑ http://ecoinf.uran.ru/content/4catalog/2.shtml
- ↑ cited 16 February 2007
- ↑ Araujo et al., 2009. http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/45260/1/Iberus%20Nayades%20Iberia.pdf
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anodonta anatina. |
- Anodonta anatina at Animalbase taxonomy, a short description (giving differences from Anodonta cygnea) , distribution, biology, status (threats), images
- PAN Pesticides Database - Chemical Toxicity Studies