Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Palaeoheterodonta > Order Unionida > Superfamily Unionoidea > Family Unionidae > Subfamily Unioninae > Tribe Anodontini

Anodonta Lamarck, 1799

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: floaters; pond mussels sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Teichmuscheln

Literature

original description

Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91.

additional source

Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 73(4): 291-314.

additional source

Gomez, J. D., Vargas, M. & Malek, E. A. (1986). Freshwater mollusks of the Dominican Republic. The Nautilus. 100(4): 130-134.

additional source

Sterki, V. (1891). In Europe, a small fish. The Nautilus. 5(7): 84.

additional source

Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 1(3): 97-239, pls. 1-9.

additional source

Wood, W. M. (1892). Appearance of an Asiatic Anodonta in the Chinese markets of San Francisco. The Nautilus. 6(5): 51-52.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anodonta Lamarck, 1799. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224838

Dr. Rafael Araujo. Anodonta Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4a837d27-8bbe-471f-bc14-6e73c4c96a53

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh

Importance

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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224838
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Last modified

2021-07-23 by Dr. Rafael Araujo & by Maxim Vinarski

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