Biology:Duck mussel

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Duck mussel
Anodonta anatina1.jpg
A live individual of the duck mussel, Anodonta anatina
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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)
Anodonta-anatina-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Distribution of Anodonta anatina in Europe.
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).

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

  • Right valve

  • Left valve

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]
  • Finland[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155667/21400363. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 (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". http://www.epa.ie/downloads/pubs/other/indicators/soe2004/epa_state+of+the+environment_report_2004_chap_06.pdf. 
  6. ↑ "Anemoon > Flora en Fauna > Soorteninformatie". http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/zoetwatermollusken/wetenschappelijk/anodonta-anatina/. 
  7. ↑ [1][yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  8. ↑ "Duck mussel". http://www.nrm.se/researchandcollections/zoology/invertebratezoology/factsoninvertebrates/thelargefreshwatermussels/duckmussel.4.5fdc727f10d795b1c6e80007006.html.  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

Wikidata ☰ Q1500716 entry



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