Duck mussel

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Duck mussel
Anodonta anatina1.jpg
A live individual of the duck mussel, Anodonta anatina

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Anodonta
Species:
A. anatina
Binomial name
Anodonta anatina
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 (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
  • Great Britain
  • Isle of Man - found at Lhen mouth (1922–25) and at Guilcagh (1985). Not protected by .
  • 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]
  • Finland[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Lopes-Lima , M. (2014). "Anodonta anatina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T155667A21400363. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T155667A21400363.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b (in 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), Environmental Protection Agency. "404 page - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA" (PDF). www.epa.ie.
  6. ^ "Anemoon > Flora en Fauna > Soorteninformatie". www.anemoon.org.
  7. ^ [1][permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2007-05-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) cited 16 February 2007
  9. ^ Araujo et al., 2009.

External links[]

  • Anodonta anatina at Animalbase taxonomy, a short description (giving differences from Anodonta cygnea), distribution, biology, status (threats), images
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