Duck mussel

Duck mussel
	A live individual of the duck mussel, Anodonta anatina
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
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);
	Distribution of Anodonta anatina in Europe.
Synonyms
	Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1823

The duck mussel (Anodonta anatina) is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Description

See Animalbase below (external link).

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

The native distribution of this species is European-Siberian.

Croatia
Czech Republic – in Bohemia, in Moravia,^[2] least concern (LC)^[3]
Germany – (Arten der Vorwarnliste)^[4] Listed as specially protected species in annex 1 of the Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
Great Britain
- Isle of Man – National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland found at Lhen mouth (1922–25) and at Guilcagh (1985). Not protected by Wildlife Act 1990.
Ireland – recorded through much of the country^[5]
Netherlands – yes^[6]
Russia – Northwest European Russia to Siberia^[1]
Slovakia^[2]
Sweden – it is the most widely distributed large freshwater bivalve in Sweden^[7]
Spain^[8]
Finland^[1]

1 2 3 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.
1 2 (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.
↑ 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
↑ "Duck Mussel (Anodonta (Anodonta) anatina)". National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
↑ "Anemoon > Flora en Fauna > Soorteninformatie". www.anemoon.org.
↑ "Duck mussel". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2007-05-29. cited 16 February 2007
↑ Araujo et al., 2009.

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

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