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Duck mussel

Duck mussel
Anodonta anatina1.jpg
A live individual of the duck mussel, Anodonta anatina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Anodonta
Species: A. anatina
Binomial name
Anodonta anatina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
  • A. a. anatina (L., 1758)
  • A. a. attenuata Held, 1836
  • A. a. radiata (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Synonyms

Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1823


Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1823

The duck mussel, scientific name Anodonta anatina, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

See Animalbase below (external link).

The native distribution of this species is European-Siberian.


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