Duck mussel

Duck mussel
A live individual of the duck mussel, Anodonta anatina
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Anodonta
Species: A. anatina
Binomial name
Anodonta anatina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
  • A. a. anatina (L., 1758)
  • A. a. attenuata Held, 1836
  • A. a. radiata (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Synonyms

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.

References

  1. 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. 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.
  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. Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
  5. EPA State of the Environment Report 2004, Chapter 6
  6. http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/zoetwatermollusken/wetenschappelijk/anodonta-anatina/
  7. http://ecoinf.uran.ru/content/4catalog/2.shtml
  8. cited 16 February 2007
  9. Araujo et al., 2009. http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/45260/1/Iberus%20Nayades%20Iberia.pdf

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