''Anodonta'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does in ...

mussel Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, whic ...

s in the family

Unionidae The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids. The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most dive ...

, the river mussels.

Species

Species in this genus include: * ''

Anodonta anatina ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon ...

Linné Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, ...

, 1758 – duck mussel * ''

Anodonta beringiana ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon f ...

'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon floater * '' Anodonta californiensis'' I. Lea, 1852 – California floater * ''

Anodonta cataracta ''Anodonta cataracta'', the eastern floater, is a species of large freshwater mussel, an Aquatic animal, aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family (biology), family Unionidae, the river mussels. Subspecies *''Anodonta cataracta'' subsp. ''cataracta' ...

'' Say, 1817 – eastern floater * ''

Anodonta couperiana ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon f ...

'' I. Lea, 1840 – barrel floater * ''

Anodonta cygnea The swan mussel, ''Anodonta cygnea'', is a large species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Because of its morphological variability and its wide range of distribution, there are ove ...

, 1758 – swan mussel * ''

Anodonta dejecta ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon f ...

'' Lewis, 1875 – woebegone floater * ''

Anodonta gibbosa ''Anodonta'' is a genus of Freshwater bivalve, freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * ''Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1 ...

'' Say, 1824 * ''

Anodonta hartfieldorum ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon f ...

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Anodonta heardi ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon f ...

'' M. E. Gordon and Hoeh, 1995 – Apalachicola floater * ''

Anodonta imbecillis ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon f ...

'' Say, 1829 synonym ''

Utterbackia imbecillis ''Utterbackia imbecillis'', commonly called the paper pondshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Distribution This species is native to the United States The Uni ...

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Anodonta implicata ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon f ...

'' Say, 1829 – alewife floater * ''

Anodonta kennerlyi ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon f ...

'' I. Lea, 1860 – western floater * '' Anodonta nuttalliana'' Lea, 1838 – winged floater * ''

Anodonta oregonensis ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon f ...

'' I. Lea, 1838 – Oregon floater * ''

Anodonta peggyae ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon f ...

'' Johnson, 1965 * '' Anodonta pseudodopsis'' Locard, 1883 * '' Anodonta suborbiculata'' Say, 1831 – flat floater * '' Anodonta wahlamatensis'' I. Lea, 1838 – Willamette floater; synonym for '' Anodonta nuttalliana''

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''Anodonta''.
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