duck mussel

{{Short description|Species of bivalve}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Duck mussel

| image = Anodonta anatina1.jpg

| image_caption = A live individual of the duck mussel, Anodonta anatina

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lopes-Lima, M. |date=2014 |title=Anodonta anatina |volume=2014 |page=e.T155667A21400363 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T155667A21400363.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Anodonta

| species = anatina

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision =

  • A. a. anatina (L., 1758)
  • A. a. attenuata Held, 1836
  • A. a. radiata (O.F.Müller, 1774)

| synonyms = Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1823

| range_map = Anodonta-anatina-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg

| range_map_caption = Distribution of Anodonta anatina in Europe.

}}

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

Description

See Animalbase below (external link).

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

File:Anodonta anatina 01.jpg|Right valve

File:Anodonta anatina 02.jpg|Left valve

Distribution

The native distribution of this species is European-Siberian.

  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic – in Bohemia, in Moravia,{{in lang|cs}} 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. [http://mollusca.sav.sk/pdf/9/Suppl-1-v2.pdf PDF]. least concern (LC)Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  • Germany – (Arten der Vorwarnliste)Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, {{ISBN|3-923376-02-2}} Listed as specially protected species in annex 1 of the Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
  • Great Britain
  • Isle of Man – National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland found at Lhen mouth (1922–25) and at Guilcagh (1985). Not protected by Wildlife Act 1990.
  • Ireland – recorded through much of the country{{cite web |url=https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/123340 |title=Duck Mussel (Anodonta (Anodonta) anatina) |publisher=National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland |access-date=8 July 2024}}
  • Netherlands – yes{{cite web|url=http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/zoetwatermollusken/wetenschappelijk/anodonta-anatina/|title=Anemoon > Flora en Fauna > Soorteninformatie|website=www.anemoon.org}}
  • Russia – Northwest European Russia to Siberia
  • Slovakia
  • Sweden – it is the most widely distributed large freshwater bivalve in Sweden{{cite web |url=http://www.nrm.se/researchandcollections/zoology/invertebratezoology/factsoninvertebrates/thelargefreshwatermussels/duckmussel.4.5fdc727f10d795b1c6e80007006.html |title=Duck mussel |access-date=2007-05-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313101217/http://www.nrm.se/researchandcollections/zoology/invertebratezoology/factsoninvertebrates/thelargefreshwatermussels/duckmussel.4.5fdc727f10d795b1c6e80007006.html |archive-date=2007-03-13 }} cited 16 February 2007
  • Spain[http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/45260/1/Iberus%20Nayades%20Iberia.pdf Araujo et al., 2009.]
  • Finland

References

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