Anodonta beringiana

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [1].

Ecology: The distribution and abundance of this species is closely linked to the population dynamics of its hosts. The species has a range of fish hosts with most recent discoveries including the ninespine stickleback, Pungitius pungitius, and nonandadromous Kokanee salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. This species is long lived  (20-40+ year lifespan) and is found in slow moving streams , ponds , or lakes with a sand or gravel substrate. As a filtter feeder of zooplankton , phytoplankton and bacteria, it requires water free of large amounts of sediment in order to feed (NatureServe 2009).[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

Synonyms

Anodonta youkonensis

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Brandt, F. / Middendorff, A. Th. von Krebse Reise in den Äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens [...], Band 2, Zoologie, Theil 1, 1851.

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 further phylogenetic analysis of the Anodontinae is required, including both North American and Eurasian species. In a phylogenetic analysis of western North American Anodonta using topotypic material as was available, Chong et al. (2008) found three deeply divided lineages : one clade including Anodonta oregonensis and Anodonta kennerlyi, one clade including Anodonta californiensis and Anodonta nuttalliana, and one clade including Anodonta beringiana. Chong et al. (2008) further found that A. beringiana is more closely allied with the Asian Anodonta woodiana than either of the other two western North American clades. The Russian authors place this species into the genus Beringiana (Strabogatov and Zatrawkin 1983) as its type species (Zatrawkin and Bogatov 1987, Kantor et al. 2009). Perhaps this is in accordance with the results of Chong et al. (2008). Anodonta youkonensis (Lea, 1867) is an important synonym to note (M. Vinarski pers. comm. 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

• A descriptive catalogue of the Naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Detroit, Mich., Bryant Walker, 1914. url p. 373, p. 374.
• Alaska / Harriman Alaska Expedition. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1901-1910. url p. 10, p. 127, p. 5.
• Alaska. New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1901- url p. 127, p. 15, p. 5.
• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 608.
• Harriman Alaska series. City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1910-1914. url p. 10, p. 127, p. 5.
• Harriman Alaska series. vol. I-V, VIII-XIV Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1910-14 url p. 10, p. 127.
• Land and fresh water mollusks / by William H. Dall. New York: Doubleday, Page, and Company, 1905. url p. 10, p. 127, p. 15.
• Molluscan world, San Diego, Calif., 1915. url p. 114.
• Popular science monthly. New York: D. Appleton, 1872-1950. url p. 365.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 628.
• 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. 141.
• Synopsis of the Naiades: or pearly fresh-water mussels / by Charles Torrey Simpson. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1900. url p. 584, p. 628.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 125, p. 57, p. 76, p. 94.
• The Popular science monthly. New York, Popular Science Pub. Co., etc. url p. 365.

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.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
• 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.
• Vinarski, V. & Cordeiro, J. 2011. Anodonta beringiana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Mollusc Collection - Unionoida
• National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of Alaska Museum of the North Mollusc Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692485
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-79931
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 79931
• IUCN ID: 191260
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMBIV04010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 14912

Footnotes

1. Vinarski, V. & Cordeiro, J. 2011. Anodonta beringiana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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