Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Anodonta cygnea

nominal species Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758

image of type lot

Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta cygnea

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 29, pl. 1, fig. 3. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 193, fig. 8. [pre-linnaean]
Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: pl. 9, fig. 26. [pre-linnaean]
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 706, sp. 218.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1158, sp. 257.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE LS_257, Europe, a l’embouchure des fleuves.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 293.

= Anodonta cygneaXiang et al., 2025: Table 2.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Dai et al., 2025: Table 2.

= Anodonta cygneaPerkins et al., 2025: Table S1.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Chen et al., 2025: Table S3.

= Anodonta cygneaHou et al., 2025: Table S3.

= Anodonta cygneaWang et al., 2025: Table S2.

= Anodonta cygneaWu et al., 2024: 6.

= Anodonta cygneaLopes-Lima et al., 2024: figs. 4-5.

= Anodonta cygneaWu et al., 2024: Table S3.

= Anodonta cygneaZieritz et al., 2024: Table S1.

= Anodonta cygneaWu et al., 2024: Table S3.

= Anodonta cygneaHou et al., 2024: Table 2.

= Anodonta cygneaGalal-Khallaf et al., 2024: Fig. 6.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Konopleva et al., 2023: Table S1.

= Anodonta cygneaWhelan et al., 2023: 13, Table S1.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Dai et al., 2023: 157, Table 2.

= Anodonta cygneaBogan et al., 2023: Table 1.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Prié et al., 2023: Supplemental Material 2, p. 6.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Vikhrev et al., 2023: 2.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Wu et al., 2023: Tables 2-3.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Wu et al., 2022: Table S2.

= Anodonta cygneaLyubas et al., 2022: Table S3.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2022: Table S1.

= Anodonta cygneaPfarrer et al., 2022: ESM1, SIO1.

= Anodonta cygnea cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bogatov, 2022: 63, pl. 32.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 15.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Príe et al., 2021: 2934, Table 1.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2021: 10, 19, Table 2, fig. 5.

= Anodonta cygneaSonowal et al., 2021: 199.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Wu et al., 2021: attached Tables 1-2.

= Anodonta cygneaLopes-Lima et al., 2020: Table 1.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bolotov et al., 2020: 4, S24, fig. 2D.

= Anodonta cygneaRiccardi et al., 2020: 750.

= Anodonta cygneaMúrria et al., 2020: Table S1 [S2].

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Tomilova et al., 2020: 6.

= Anodonta cygneaFukata & Iigo, 2020: 1216.

= Anodonta cygneaSano et al., 2020: 101.

= Anodonta cygneaChen et al., 2020: 2800.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Soroka, 2020: 600.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Huang et al., 2019: Table S4.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Klishko et al., 2019: 57.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Pfeiffer et al., 2019: 117.

= Anodonta cygneaGomes-dos-Santos et al., 2019: 424.

= Anodonta cygneaTomilova et al., 2019: Tables 1, 3.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Wu et al., 2018: 4.

= Anodonta cygneaChase et al., 2018: Table S2.

= Anodonta cygneaAunins et al., 2018: 1125.

= Anodonta cygneaAnisimova et al., 2018: 9.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 578, Table S1.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 177.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bolotov et al., 2017: [15], Table S1.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bolotov et al., 2017: Table S1.

= Anodonta cygneaFroufe et al., 2017: 3266.

= Anodonta cygneaSoroka & Burzynski, 2017: 863.

= Anodonta cygneaKashiri et al., 2017: 22.

= Anodonta cygneaNishihara et al., 2016: Table S2.

= Anodonta cygneaLopes-Lima et al., 2016: 54.

= Anodonta cygneaJeffrey et al., 2016: 91.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016: 37.

= Anodonta cygneaSoliman et al., 2016: 120.

= Anodonta cygneaKongim et al., 2015: 103.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Prié & Puillandre, 2014: [5].

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Froufe et al., 2014: [3].

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — IUCN, 2014: [web].

= Anodonta cygneaHinzmann et al., 2013: 381.

= Anodonta cygneaReis et al., 2013: 20.

= Anodonta cygnea Linnaeus, 1758 — Fauna Europaea, 2012: [web].

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus 1758) — Zieritz et al., 2012: 743.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Graf & Cummings, 2011: 24.

= Anodonta cygneaPlazzi et al., 2011: Table S5.

= Anodonta cygnea Linnaeus, 1758 — Bogan, 2010: [2].

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Kantor et al., 2010: 267.

= Anodonta cygnea L. — Geist et al., 2010: 1103.

= Anodonta cygnea Linnaeus, 1758 — Soroka, 2010: 151.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Araujo et al., 2009: 56, figs. 28-29.

= Anodonta cygnaea [sic] Linne, 1758 — Dhora, 2009: 547.

= Anodonta cygneaJadhav & Jamkhedkar, 2009: 39.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Araujo et al., 2009: 132.

= Anodonta cygneaManendo et al., 2008: 206.

= Anodonta cygneaChong et al., 2008: 1307.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Graf, 2007: 85.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 304.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 92, fig. 2C.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Zanatta et al., 2007: 212.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Taylor et al., 2007: 590.

= Anodonta cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Kantor & Sysoev, 2005: 332.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Khalloufi & Boumaïza, 2005: 27, figs. 3-7.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Källersjö et al., 2005: 416.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Campbell et al., 2005: 153.

= Anodonta cygnea (L., 1758) — Starobogatov et al., 2004: 38, pl. 23, figs. 5-6.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Roe & Hoeh, 2003: 110.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Falkner et al., 2002: 56.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Hoeh et al., 2002: 127.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Falkner et al., 2001: 68.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Nagel & Badino, 2001: 52.

= Anodonta cygneaGerke & Tiedemann, 2001: 287.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Hoeh et al., 2001: 260.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linné, 1758) — Bába, 2000: 135, fig. 4.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linn., 1758) — Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000: 160.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus) — Lydeard et al., 2000: 148.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bogan & Hoeh, 2000: 162.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Korniushin, 1998: 78.

= Anodonta cygnaea [sic] (Linnaeus, 1758) — Daget, 1998: 19.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Nagel et al., 1998: 102.

= Anodonta cygneaHoeh et al., 1998: 269.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Nagel et al., 1996: 344.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Falkner, 1994: 138.

= Anodonta cygneaPetr, 1992: 17.

= Anodonta cygneaHoeh, 1990: 63.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 35.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Van Damme, 1984: 60, fig. 83.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linné, 1758) — Stadnichenko, 1984: 126, fig. 41.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Zatravkin, 1983: 42.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Kat, 1983: 362.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Habe, 1977: 120.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus) — Heard, 1975: 83.

= Anodonta cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Heard & Guckert, 1970: 340.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1969: 329.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linné, 1758) — Haas, 1969: N443, fig. D38:3.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygneus (L., 1758) — Zhadin, 1965: 249, fig. 265.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Modell, 1942: 190.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1940: 136.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Zhadin, 1938: 117, sp. 1, fig. 38.

= Anodonta cygnaea [sic] Linné — Germain, 1931: 752.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1914: 359.

= Anodonta cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Ortmann, 1912: 286, fig. 13 (anatomy).

= Anodonta cygnea (Linné, 1758) — Hannibal, 1912: 125, pl. 5, figs. 3, 4, 8.

= Anodonta (Groupe des Cygneana) [sic] cygnea L. — Caziot, 1907: 276.

= Anodonta (Cygnaeana) cygnaea [sic] Linné, 1758 — Germain, 1904: 289.

= Anodonta cygnea L. — Kobelt, 1904: 140.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1900: 621.

= Anodonta (groupe de l’A. cygnæa) [sic] cygnæa [sic] Linné, 1758 — Locard, 1899: 267.

= Anodonta (Groupe de l’A. cygnæa [sic]) cygnæus [sic] Linné — Locard, 1893: 234, fig. 241.

= Anodonta (Cygnæana) cygnæa [sic]Fagot, 1892: 39.

= Anodonta (Cygnaeana) cygnaea [sic] Linne — Martens, 1891: 17.

= Anodonta (Euanodonta) cygnea (Lin., 1758) — Westerlund, 1890: 199.

= Anodonta (Cygnæana) cygnæa [sic] Linné — Locard, 1890: 70, [26, #24].

= Anodonta cygnæa [sic] Linné, 1758 — Baichère, 1890: 126.

= Anodonta mutabilis var. cygnea Linné — Clessin, 1890: 704.

= Anodonta cygnea Linné — Drouët, 1889: 81, sp. 31, pl. 3, figs. 4-7.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linné) — Fischer, 1886: 1002, fig. 760 [anatomy].

= Anodonta cygnæa [sic] Bourguignat, 1881 — Bourguignat, 1883: 89.

= Anodonta (Cygnaeana) cygnaea [sic] (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bourguignat, 1882: 20, [1].

= Anodonta (Groupe de l’A. cygnæa [sic]) cygnæa [sic] Bourguignat — Locard, 1882: 269.

= Anodonta (Cygnæana) cygnæa [sic] (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bourguignat, 1881: 140.

= Anodonta cygnea Lin. — Drouët, 1881: 22.

= Anodonta mutabilis var. cygnea Linné — Clessin, 1877: 436, fig. 287.

= Anodon cygneusWoodward, 1871: 434, 398, fig. 208.

= Anodon cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Sowerby, 1870: pl. 1, sp. 2; pl. 2, fig. 2b.

= Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Lin.) — Lea, 1870: 76.

= Anodonta cygnea L. — Colbeau, 1868: 107.

= Anodonta cygnea L. — Brot, 1867: 28, pl. 1, fig. 1.

= Anodonta cygnea s.s. (Linnaeus, 1758) — Westerlund, 1867: 202.

= Anodonta cygnea Linné — Malzine, 1867: 33.

= Anodonta cygnæa [sic] Moq. — de Joannis, 1859: 268.

= Anodonta cygneaRossmässler, 1859: 136.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linn.) — Adams & Adams, 1857: 502, pl. 118, fig. 1-1b.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linn.) — Moquin-Tandon, 1855: 557, pl. 43-44.

= Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Drap.) — Lea, 1852: 47.

= Anodonta (Cygnæi) cygnæa [sic] Rossm. — Dupuy, 1852: 601, pl. 15, fig. 14.

= Anodonta cygnea (Lin.) — Drouët, 1852: 5, sp. 1.

+ Anodontes europaeaLeach, 1852: 326.

= Anodonta cygnea Drap. [sic] — Zelebor, 1851: 231, sp. 3.

= Anodonta cygnea (Pfeiff.) — Spinelli, 1851: 19.

= Anodonta cygnæa [sic] (Lamk.) — Gassies, 1849: 189.

= Anodonta cygnea Linn. — C.B. Adams, 1847: 14.

= Anodonta cygneaLeach, 1847: 273.

= Anodon cygneus var. cygneus Pfeiffer — Brown, 1844: 79, pl. 28, figs. 1, 3-4.

= Anodonta cygnea (Lin.) — Dupuy, 1843: 76.

= Anodonta cygnea Lam. — Hanley, 1843: 216.

= Anodonta cygnea L. — Scholtz, 1843: 118.

= Anodon cygnea Lam. — Swainson, 1840: 381.

= Anodonta cygnea Pf., R. — Schlüter, 1838: 31.

= Anodonta cygneum Pfeiff. — Eichwald, 1838: 163.

= Margarita (Anodonta) cygneus Drap. Lam. Crouch. Blain. Pfeif. Turt. Des Moul. Flem. Grat. Bouil. — Lea, 1838: 29.

= Anodonta cygnea Lam. — Charpentier, 1837: 24.

= Anodonta cygneaRossmässler, 1837: 23, pl. 25, fig. 342.

= Anodonta cygnea Lam. — Krynicki, 1837: 58.

= Margarita (Anodonta) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Lea, 1836: 48.

= Anodonta cygneus Lam. — Held, 1836: 280.

= Anodonta cygnea L. — Rossmässler, 1835: 111, pl. 3, fig. 67.

= Symphynota cygneaJay, 1835: 18.

= Anodonta cygnea Linnaeus — Lea, 1834: 92.

= Anodontes cygneus (Lin.) — Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834: 106.

= Anodonta cygnea Lam. Pfieff. — Ménétries, 1832: 271.

= Anodonta cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Menke, 1830: 106.

= Anodonta cygnea Pfeiff. — Kickx, 1830: 80.

= Symphynota cygnea Linn. — Lea, 1829: 456.

= Anodonta cygnea Gm. — Menke, 1828: 63.

= Anodon cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Wood, 1828: 30.

= Anodon cygneusFleming, 1828: 415.

= Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 — Wood, 1825: 58, pl. 12, sp. 32.

= Anodonta cygneaBlainville, 1825: 538, pl. 66, fig. 1.

= Anodonta cygneus (Linn.) — Children, 1823: 26, pl. 1 [2]. fig. 71.

= Anodonta cygnea Lam. — Pfeiffer, 1821: 111, pl. 6, fig. 4.

= Anodonta (s.s.) cygneaRafinesque, 1820: 316.

= Anadonta [sic] cygnea “Mart.” — Goldfuss, 1820: 612.

= Anodonta cygneaStuder, 1820: 31.

= Anodonta cygneaLamarck, 1819: 84.

= Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus — Dillwyn, 1817: 315.

= Anodon cygneumOken, 1815: 238.

= Mytilus cygneus Donovan — Turton, 1807: 165.

= Mytilus cygneusMaton & Rackett, 1807: 110.

= Anodonta cygnea Linn. — Draparnaud, 1806: 134, pl. 12, fig. 1; pl. 11, fig. 6.

= Mytilus cygneus Lin. — Montagu, 1803: 170, sp. 12.

= Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bosc, 1801: 145.

= Anodontites cygnæa [sic] Lin. — Poiret, 1801: 109.

= Limnaeoderma cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Poli, 1795: 259.

= Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 — Gmelin, 1791: 3355.

= Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 — Müller, 1774: 208, sp. 394.

= Mytilus cygneusLinnaeus, 1767: 1158, sp. 257.

= Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 — Linnaeus, 1758: 706.