Duck mussel

The duck mussel (Anodonta anatina) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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. attenuata Held, 1836 A. a. radiata (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Synonyms
Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1823

Description

See Animalbase below (external link).

Distribution

The native distribution of this species is European-Siberian.

• Croatia
• Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia,[2] least concern (LC)[3]
• Germany
  • Germany - (Arten der Vorwarnliste)[4]
  • Listed as specially protected species in annex 1 of the Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
• Great Britain
• Isle of Man - found at Lhen mouth (1922–25) and at Guilcagh (1985). Not protected by Wildlife Act 1990.
• Ireland - found sporadically throughout the Shannon-Erne waterways and in Lough Neagh[5]
• Netherlands - yes[6]
• Russia
  • Sverdlovsk oblast - yes[7]
• Slovakia[2]
• Sweden - it is the most widely distributed large freshwater bivalve in Sweden[8]
• Spain[9]
• Finland[10]

References

1. Lopes-Lima, M. (2014). "Anodonta anatina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
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. (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency. "404 page - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA" (PDF). www.epa.ie.
6. "Anemoon > Flora en Fauna > Soorteninformatie". www.anemoon.org.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2007-05-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) cited 16 February 2007
9. Araujo et al., 2009.
10. IUCN list of threatened species: Anodonta anatina

External links

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