''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 ...
of
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''
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 - Cypress Floater
* ''
Anodonta heardi''
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 ...
''
* ''
Anodonta implicata''
Say, 1829 – alewife floater
; now ''
Utterbackiana implicata''
* ''
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''
* ''
Anodonta suborbiculata''
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 ...
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I. Lea, 1838 – Willamette floater; synonym for ''
Anodonta nuttalliana''
References
External links
''Anodonta''.Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Bivalve genera
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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