Anodonta californiensis

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: This is a low elevation species that is found in both lakes and lake-like stream environments (Frest and Johannes 1995).[1].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Recently, Zanatta et al. (2007) supported the monophyly of both Pyganodon and Utterbackia using mutation coding of allozyme data , but also resolved the Eurasian Anodonta cygnea to Pyganodon, Utterbackia, and North American Anodonta. This indicates that futher phylogenetic analysis of the Anodontinae is required including both North American and Eurasian species. Since the time of Call (1884) there has been much confusion regarding the taxonomic status of this and other floaters (Anodonta) of western North America. Isaac Lea (1838) described Anodonta wahlametensis, Anodonta nuttalliana, and Anodonta oregonensis from the same site ("Wahlamet [Willamette River ], near its junction with the Columbia River [Oregon]") all in the same publication . Under the Rule of First Revisor (ICZN ), Call (1884) considered Anodonta nuttalliana to include, as synonyms, Anodonta wahlametensis, Anodonta oregonensis, and Anodonta californiensis. Recent authors (e.g. , Burch 1975, Clarke 1981, Turgeon et al. 1998), however, have considered A. californiensis, A. nuttalliana, and A. oregonensis to be distinct . Some authors even continue to recognize Anodonta wahlamatensis as a distinct species (Frest and Johannes 1995, Taylor 1981, Henderson 1929) while most place it in the synonymy of A. nuttalliana (Burch 1975, Turgeon et al. 1998). Whether A. wahlamatensis should be removed from the synonymy of A. nuttalliana will depend on future anatomical and genetic work on western Anodonta. Considerable taxonomic confusion surrounds this species complex. Mock et al. (2004, 2005) found a lack of resolution (very little nuclear diversity ) in phylogenetic reconstructions of Anodonta (A. californiensis, A. oregonensis, A. wahlamatensis) populations in the Bonneville Basin , Utah, but there was a tendency for the Bonneville Basin Anodonta (tentatively A. californiensis) to cluster with A. oregonensis from the adjacent Lahontan Basin in Nevada. Other taxonomic issues surrounding this and other members of western North American anodontines can be found in Chong et al. (2008).

A list of synonyms for this species can be found on The MUSSEL project web site (Graf and Cummings 2011).[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Anodonta

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. anatina (Duck Mussel) · A. beringiana (Yukon Floater) · A. californiensis (California Floater) · A. cataracta marginata (Gaspe Floater) · A. couperiana (Barrel Floater) · A. cygnea (Swan Mussel) · A. dejecta (Woebegone Floater) · A. gibbosa (Inflated Floater) · A. grandis (Giant Floater) · A. grandis grandis (Giant Floater) · A. grandis simpsoniana (Giant Floater) · A. heardi (Apalachicola Floater) · A. imbecillis (Paper Pondshell) · A. implicata (Alewife Floater) · A. kennerlyi (Western Floater) · A. nuttalliana (Winged Floater) · A. oregonensis (Oregon Floater) · A. peggyae (Florida Floater) · A. suborbiculata (Flat Floater) · A. wahlametensis (Willamette Papershell)

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Further Reading

• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 120.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 149 1980 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 99.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 46.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 345.
• Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1868- url p. 359.
• Mussel watch worldwide literature survey - 1991 / Adriana Y. Cantillo. Rockville, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, [1991] url p. 97.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 13, p. 23.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 292.
• Proceedings of the National Shellfisheries Association. Plymouth, Mass., Published for the National Shellfisheries Association by MPG Communications. url p. 7.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 287, p. 373, p. 629.
• Report on the progress and condition of the U.S. National Museum for the year ending June 30. .. / Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum. Washington: G.P.O., 1907-1951. url p. 159.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 56 1912 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 6.
• Synopsis of the Naiades: or pearly fresh-water mussels / by Charles Torrey Simpson. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1900. url p. 629.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url , p. 240, p. 263, p. 380.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 49 1989 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url fig. 1, page 638.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 102, p. 106, p. 78.
• Zoe:a biological journal. 3 1893 San Diego, Calif. [etc.]Zoe Publishing Co. url p. 379, p. 379.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• Cummings, K. & Cordeiro, J. 2011. Anodonta californiensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 29January2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Mollusc Collection - Unionoida
• National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692495
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-79944
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 79944
• IUCN ID: 191261
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMBIV04020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 14913

Footnotes

1. Cummings, K. & Cordeiro, J. 2011. Anodonta californiensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2012. [back]

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