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:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Anodonta
Species:	A. anatina
Binomial name
Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
A. a. anatina(L., 1758) A. a. attenuataHeld, 1836 A. a. radiata(O.F.Müller, 1774)
Distribution of Anodonta anatina in Europe.
Synonyms
Anodonta piscinalisNilsson, 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:

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  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 – (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]

References

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 . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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.
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. "Duck Mussel (Anodonta (Anodonta) anatina)". National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
6. "Anemoon > Flora en Fauna > Soorteninformatie". www.anemoon.org.
7. "Duck mussel". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2007-05-29. cited 16 February 2007
8. Araujo et al., 2009.

External links

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