Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
This species occurs in freshwater
systems
throughout the Palearctic
region (Graf 2007, Graf and Cummings 2007).
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
()
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Anodonta euscaphus • Anodonta euscaphys
Notes
Using Russian taxonomy, this species has been separated into Anemina euscaphys [China] and Anemina fuscoviridis (Moskvicheva, 1973). Graf and Cummings (2007) also refer to this species as Anemina euscaphys.[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Anemina
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Further Reading
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- Cann, C.W., Cann, M.C. and Shangquan, G. 2005. China's road to sustainable development: an overview. In: K.A. Day (ed.), China's environment and the challenge of sustainable development, pp. 320. M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, N.Y.
- Graf, D.L. 2007. Palearctic freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) diversity and the Comparatory Method as a species concept. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 156: 71-88.
- Graf, D.L. and Cummings, K.S. 2007. Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies 73: 291-314.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 November 2011).
- Kantor, Yu. I. and Sysnoev, A.V. 2005. Catalogue of molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. Institute of Ecology and Evolution.
- Simonov, E.A. and Dahmer, T.D. 2008. Amur-Heilong River Basin Reader. Ecosystems Ltd., Hong Kong.
- Starobogatov, Ya.I., Prozorova, L.A., Bogatov, V.V. and Sayenko, E.M. 2004. Bivalvia. In: S.J. Tsalolikhin (ed.), Opredelitel' presnovodnykh bespozvonochnykh Rossii i sopredel'nykh territorii. t. 6, Molliuski, Polikhety, Nemertini, pp. 11-251. Nauka, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- World Wildlife Fund. 2009. Fast facts: more about the world's third-longest river. Available at: http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/yangtze/index.html. (Accessed: 11/08/2009 11/08/2009).
- World Wildlife Fund. 2009. Yellow River (Huang He). Available at: http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_freshwater/rivers/yellow_river/. (Accessed: 11/08/2009).
- Zatrawkin, M.N. and Bogatov, V.V. 1987. Large Bivalve molluscs of the fresh and brackish waters of Far East of the USSR. A guide. Vladivostok, DVO AN SSSR: 152.
- Zhadin V.I. 1952. Freshwater mollusk of the USSR. USSR AS Press, Moscow.
Notes
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Contributors
- Cummings, K. 2011. Anemina euscaphys. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 191102
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4746123
Footnotes
- Cummings, K. 2011. Anemina euscaphys. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
