''Anodonta'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include non-salty mi ...

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

s in the family

Unionidae The Unionidae are a Family (biology), 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 a ...

, the river mussels.

Species (and previous species)

Species in this genus include: * ''

Anodonta anatina 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: File:Anodonta anatina 01.jpg, Ri ...

Linné Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organism ...

, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon floater; now '' Beringiana beringiana'' * '' Anodonta californiensis'' I. Lea, 1852 – California floater * ''

Anodonta cataracta ''Pyganodon cataracta'', formerly ''Anodonta cataracta'', is a species of large freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its common name is the eastern floater. Subspecies *''Pyganodon cataracta' ...

'' Say, 1817 – eastern floater; now '' Pyganodon cataracta'' * '' Anodonta cowperiana'' 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 over 50 ...

, 1758 – swan mussel * '' Anodonta dejecta'' Lewis, 1875 – woebegone floater; synonym for '' A. californiensis'' * '' Anodonta gibbosa'' Say, 1824 – inflated floater; now '' Pyganodon gibbosa'' * ''

Anodonta hartfieldorum ''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'' Middendo ...

'' J. D. Williams, Bogan & Garner, 2009 - Cypress Floater * ''

Anodonta heardi ''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'' Middendo ...

'' M. E. Gordon and Hoeh, 1995 – Apalachicola floater; now '' Utterbackia heardi'' * '' Anodonta imbecillis'' Say, 1829 – Paper pondshell ; now ''

Utterbackia imbecillis ''Utterbackia imbecillis'', commonly called the paper pondshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic animal, aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Description It is characterized by its unusually thin shel ...

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Anodonta implicata ''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'' Middendo ...

'' Say, 1829 – alewife floater; now '' Utterbackiana implicata'' * ''

Anodonta kennerlyi ''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'' Middendo ...

'' I. Lea, 1860 – western floater * ''

Anodonta nuttalliana The winged floater (''Anodonta nuttalliana'') is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1838 by Isaac Lea, along with two similar-looking shells from one location in the lower Wil ...

'' Lea, 1838 – winged floater * ''

Anodonta oregonensis ''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'' Middendo ...

'' I. Lea, 1838 – Oregon floater * ''

Anodonta peggyae ''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'' Middendo ...

'' Johnson, 1965 ''–'' Florida floater; now ''

Utterbackia peggyae ''Utterbackia'' is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. Species Species within the genus ''Utterbackia'' include: * ''Utterbackia imbecillis ''Utterbackia imbecillis'', commonly called the paper p ...

'' * '' Anodonta pseudodopsis'' Locard, 1883 ''–'' synonym for '' A. anatina'' * ''

Anodonta suborbiculata ''Anodonta'' is a genus of Freshwater bivalve, freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species (and previous species) Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * ''Sinanodonta b ...

'' Say, 1831 - flat floater; now '' Utterbackiana suborbiculata'' * ''

Anodonta wahlamatensis The winged floater (''Anodonta nuttalliana'') is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1838 by Isaac Lea, along with two similar-looking shells from one location in the lower Wil ...

'' I. Lea, 1838 – Willamette floater; synonym for ''

References

External links

''Anodonta''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Bivalve genera Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck {{Unionidae-stub