''Anodonta'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

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mussel Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, which ...

s in the family

Unionidae The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids. The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most divers ...

, the river mussels.

Species

Species in this genus include: * ''

Anodonta anatina ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * ''Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon ...

'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * ''

Anodonta beringiana ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yu ...

'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon floater * ''

Anodonta californiensis ''Anodonta californiensis'', the California floater, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Description ''Anodonta californiensis'' have thin, elliptical shells and can reach a ...

'' I. Lea, 1852 – California floater * '' Anodonta cataracta''

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, 1817 – eastern floater * ''

Anodonta couperiana ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yu ...

'' I. Lea, 1840 – barrel floater * ''

Anodonta cygnea The swan mussel, ''Anodonta cygnea'', is a large species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Because of its morphological variability and its wide range of distribution, there are over ...

'' Linné, 1758 – swan mussel * ''

Anodonta dejecta ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yu ...

'' Lewis, 1875 – woebegone floater * ''

Anodonta gibbosa ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yu ...

, 1824 * ''

Anodonta hartfieldorum ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yu ...

'' * ''

Anodonta heardi ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yu ...

'' M. E. Gordon and Hoeh, 1995 – Apalachicola floater * ''

Anodonta imbecillis ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yu ...

, 1829 synonym ''

Utterbackia imbecillis ''Utterbackia imbecillis'', commonly called the paper pondshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Distribution This species is native to the United States The Uni ...

'' * ''

Anodonta implicata ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yu ...

, 1829 – alewife floater * ''

Anodonta kennerlyi ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yu ...

'' I. Lea, 1860 – western floater * ''

Anodonta nuttalliana The winged floater (''Anodonta nuttalliana'') is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1838 by Isaac Lea, along with two similar-looking shells from one location in the lower Wil ...

'' Lea, 1838 – winged floater * ''

Anodonta oregonensis ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yu ...

'' I. Lea, 1838 – Oregon floater * ''

Anodonta peggyae ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * '' Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yu ...

'' Johnson, 1965 * ''

Anodonta pseudodopsis ''Anodonta pseudodopsis'' is a species of medium-sized freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Distribution This species is found only within the basin of the Orontes River, in Syria, Turkey, an ...

'' Locard, 1883 * ''

Anodonta suborbiculata ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * ''Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yuk ...

, 1831 – flat floater * ''

Anodonta wahlamatensis The winged floater (''Anodonta nuttalliana'') is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1838 by Isaac Lea, along with two similar-looking shells from one location in the lower Wil ...

'' I. Lea, 1838 – Willamette floater; synonym for ''

References

External links

''Anodonta''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Bivalve genera Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck {{Unionidae-stub