Overview
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Anodonta is a genus of medium-sized to large freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Unionidae.
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Species in this genus include:
- Duck mussel, Anodonta anatina Linn?, 1758
- Anodonta beringiana Middendorff, 1851
- Anodonta californiensis I. Lea, 1852
- Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817
- Anodonta couperiana I. Lea, 1840
- Swan mussel, Anodonta cygnea Linn?, 1758
- Anodonta dejecta Lewis, 1875
- Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824
- Anodonta grandis Say, 1829
- Anodonta hartfieldorum
- Anodonta heardi M. E. Gordon and Hoeh, 1995
- Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829
- Anodonta implicata Say, 1829
- Anodonta kennerlyi I. Lea, 1860
- Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838
- Anodonta oregonensis I. Lea, 1838
- Anodonta peggyae Johnson, 1965
- Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831
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Taxonomy
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The Genus Anodonta is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 105 species and subspecies in the Genus Anodonta: A. alba · A. anatina (Duck Mussel) · A. anatina attenuata · A. angulata · A. arcaeformis · A. arcaeformis var. flavocincta von Martens, 1905 · A. beringiana (Yukon Floater) · A. brooksiana · A. californiensis (California Floater) · A. calipygos · A. carinata · A. cataracta · A. cataracta cataracta · A. cataracta fragilis · A. cataracta hallenbecki · A. cataracta hallenbeckii · A. cataracta marginata (Gaspe Floater) · A. cellensis · A. couperiana (Barrel Floater) · A. cygenea · A. cygnaea · A. cygnaea cygnaea · A. cygnea (Swan Mussel) · A. cygnea balatonica · A. cygnea cellensis · A. cygnea ervica · A. cygnea jesseni · A. cygnea moulinsiana · A. cygnea piscinalis · A. cygnea quellenneci · A. cygnea transsylvanica · A. cygnea zellensis · A. cygneus · A. decora · A. dejecta (Woebegone Floater) · A. depexa · A. edentula · A. exotica · A. ferussaciana · A. fluviatilis · A. fragilis · A. gibbosa (Inflated Floater) · A. gigantea · A. grandis (Giant Floater) · A. grandis corpulenta · A. grandis grandis (Giant Floater) · A. grandis simpsoniana (Giant Floater) · A. heardi (Apalachicola Floater) · A. imbecilis · A. imbecillis (Paper Pondshell) · A. imbecillus · A. imbecilus · A. imbricata · A. implicata (Alewife Floater) · A. impura · A. johnseni · A. kennerlyi (Western Floater) · A. kennicotti · A. kewerleyi · A. lacustris · A. lauta · A. lewisii · A. lucasi · A. magnifica · A. marginata · A. minima · A. modesta · A. muttalliana · A. nuttaliana · A. nuttalliana (Winged Floater) · A. oregonensis (Oregon Floater) · A. ovata · A. pallaryi · A. patagonica · A. pavonia · A. peggyae (Florida Floater) · A. piscinalis · A. plana · A. pseudodopsis · A. rayi · A. rostrata · A. rubens · A. rugifera · A. salmonia · A. seisanensis · A. splendens · A. stewartiana · A. sturmii · A. subcylindracea · A. suborbiculata (Flat Floater) · A. tenebricosa · A. trapezialis · A. trasymena · A. undulata · A. unionicola · A. vescoiana · A. wahlamatensis · A. wahlamattensis · A. wahlametensis (Willamette Papershell) · A. wardiana · A. woodiana · A. woodiana haconensis · A. woodiana japonica · A. woodiana pacifica · A. woodiana woodiana
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