Anodonta

Anodonta Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A live duck mussel, Anodonta anatina
Scientific classification
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)

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