Biology:Anodonta

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Short description: Genus of bivalves

Anodonta
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent
Anodonta anatina1.jpg
A live duck mussel, Anodonta anatina
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Anodontini
Genus: Anodonta
Lamarck, 1799

Anodonta is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Species (and previous species)

Species in this genus include:

  • Anodonta anatina Linné, 1758 – duck mussel
  • Anodonta beringiana Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon floater; now Beringiana beringiana
  • Anodonta californiensis I. Lea, 1852 – California floater
  • Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817 – eastern floater; now Pyganodon cataracta
  • Anodonta cowperiana I. Lea, 1840 – barrel floater
  • Anodonta cygnea Linné, 1758 – swan mussel
  • Anodonta dejecta Lewis, 1875 – woebegone floater; synonym for A. californiensis
  • Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824 – inflated floater; now Pyganodon gibbosa
  • Anodonta hartfieldorum J. D. Williams, Bogan & Garner, 2009 [1]- Cypress Floater
  • Anodonta heardi M. E. Gordon and Hoeh, 1995 – Apalachicola floater; now Utterbackia heardi
  • Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 – Paper pondshell ; now Utterbackia imbecillis [2]
  • Anodonta implicata Say, 1829 – alewife floater; now Utterbackiana implicata [3]
  • Anodonta kennerlyi I. Lea, 1860 – western floater
  • Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838 – winged floater
  • Anodonta oregonensis I. Lea, 1838 – Oregon floater
  • Anodonta peggyae Johnson, 1965 Florida floater; now Utterbackia peggyae
  • Anodonta pseudodopsis Locard, 1883 synonym for A. anatina [4]
  • Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 - flat floater; now Utterbackiana suborbiculata [3]
  • Anodonta wahlamatensis I. Lea, 1838 – Willamette floater; synonym for Anodonta nuttalliana[5]

References

External links

  • Anodonta. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Wikidata ☰ Q1768065 entry