Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Palaeoheterodonta > Order Unionoida > Superfamily Unionoidea > Family Unionidae > Genus Anodonta

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AnodontaLink, 1807accepted genus name

Species group names

Mytilus cygnea Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym
Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: dammusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: brede zwanrmossel; zwanemossel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: swan mussel
 Swedish: större dammussla

Literature

basis of record

Daunys, D.; Zemlys, P.; Olenin, S.; Zaiko, A.; Ferrarin, C. (2006). Impact of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha invasion on the budget of suspended material in a shallow lagoon ecosystem. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 113-120.

additional source

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (622 publications)
GenBank (37 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G. (2014). Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234103

Dr Rafael Araujo. Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=338071

Image

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234103
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:338071

Last modified

2011-12-14 by Dr Rafael Araujo & by Gary Rosenberg

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