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species Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758): specimens

275 available nominal species synonyms (415 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta cygnea — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Zanatta et al. (2007), Taylor et al. (2007), ... Nagel (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Prie et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026)
Anodonta cygnaea [sic] — Dhora (2009)
Anodonta pallaryi — IUCN (2010), Van Damme et al. (2010)
Anodonta lucasi — IUCN (2010), Van Damme et al. (2010)
Anodonta stagnalis — Kantor et al. (2010), Mezhzherin et al. (2014)
Anodonta zellensis zellensis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Anodonta zellensis micheli — Kantor et al. (2010)
Colletopterum oblongum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Anodonta parmata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Anodonta zellensis — Mezhzherin et al. (2014)
Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Anodonta (s.s.) stagnalis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Anodonta (s.s.) zellensis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Anodonta anatina — Gomes-dos-Santos et al. (2019), Nagel (2025)
Anodonta cygnea cygnea — Bogatov (2022)
Anodonta cygnea zellensis — Bogatov (2022)
Anodonta cygnea stagnalis — Bogatov (2022)

Range

Europe and northern Africa. (North Eurasia: EU1)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Anodonta cygnea

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

image of lot MNHN_22102
MNHN_22102
lac d’Annecy (Savoie)
lectotype
Anodonta annesiaca Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_22163
MNHN_22163
Montagu (Vendée)
syntype
Anodonta cariosula Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_22165
MNHN_22165
Charolles (Saône-et-Loire)
syntype
Anodonta cariosula Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_22166
MNHN_22166
Étang de Falavier (Isère)
syntype
Anodonta cariosula Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_22173
MNHN_22173
a Grosne, à La Ferté (Saône-et-Loire)
lectotype
Anodonta catocyrta Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_22175
MNHN_22175
Le Drugeon, Doubs
syntype
Anodonta charpyi Bourguignat, 1881

image of lot SMF_5140
SMF_5140
Lache b. Platschütz b. Allenburg [Germany]
lectotype
Anodonta cordata Rossmässler, 1859

image of lot MNHN_22201
MNHN_22201
Le Menthon (Ain)
lectotype
Anodonta euthymeana Locard, 1884

image of lot MNHN_22230
MNHN_22230
La Loire, à Balbigny (Loire)
lectotype
Anodonta gabilloti Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_22249
MNHN_22249
Brainans (Jura)
lectotype
Anodonta glossodes Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_22250
MNHN_22250
Poligny (Jura)
paralectotype
Anodonta glossodes Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_MP_0031
MNHN_MP_0031
Lac Copais
syntype
Anodonta graeca Drouët, 1892

image of lot MNHN_22258
MNHN_22258
La Saône à Lyon
lectotype
Anodonta hecartiana Locard, 1884

image of lot MNHN_MP_0129
MNHN_MP_0129
Lac Copais
syntype
Anodonta lepida Drouët, 1892

image of lot MNHN_22312
MNHN_22312
fossés des forts de la Vitriolerie
syntype
Anodonta locardi Bourguignat, 1881

image of lot BMNH_93-2-4-1950
BMNH_93-2-4-1950
Algiers
type
Anodonta lucasii Deshayes, 1847

image of lot MNHN_22344
MNHN_22344
La Grosne, à la Ferté (Saône-et-Loire)
syntype
Anodonta marsolinae Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_22345
MNHN_22345
Avignon (Vaucluse)
syntype
Anodonta marsolinae Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_22346
MNHN_22346
Saône, à Auxonne (Côte-d’Or)
syntype
Anodonta marsolinae Locard, 1890

image of lot SMF_79016
SMF_79016
Dnjepr, b. Kiew
holotype
Anodonta micheli Modell, 1945

image of lot MNHN_22403
MNHN_22403
Saint-Laurent d’Ain
lectotype
Anodonta nevirnensis Locard, 1884

image of lot MNHN_22406
MNHN_22406
La Saône, à Auxonne (Côte-d’Or)
lectotype
Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_22451
MNHN_22451
Rhône au confluent de la Mulatière
lectotype
Anodonta perroudi Locard, 1884

image of lot BMNH_93-2-4-1737
BMNH_93-2-4-1737
afflu. de la Guardiana, Portugal
holotype
Anodonta ranarum Morelet, 1845

image of lot MNHN_22555
MNHN_22555
Heuilly-sur-Saône (Côte-d’Or)
syntype
Anodonta sturmi Bourguignat, 1881

image of lot MNHN_22566
MNHN_22566
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur (Saône-et-Loire)
lectotype
Anodonta subquadrangulata Locard, 1890

image of lot MNHN_22589
MNHN_22589
Tournus (Saône-et-Loire)
lectotype
Anodonta trinurcina Locard, 1890

image of lot BMNH_1023-12-31-95
BMNH_1023-12-31-95
Lake Beschik, Macedonia
holotype
Anodonta watersoni Tomlin, 1923

image of lot LS_257
LS_257
Europe, a l’embouchure des fleuves
lectotype
Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758

MNHN_22103. lac d’Annecy, Savoie — lectotype Anodonta annesiaca Locard, 1890

MNHN_22103B. lac d’Annecy, Savoie — lectotype Anodonta annesiaca Locard, 1890

MNHN_22104. lac d’Aiguebelette (Savoie) — lectotype Anodonta annesiaca Locard, 1890

MNHN_22105. [illegible] lac de Malpas (Doubs)? — lectotype Anodonta annesiaca Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2070. lac du Bourget (Savoie) — lectotype Anodonta annesiaca Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2071. Lac St-Clair [illegible] — lectotype Anodonta annesiaca Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2072. Lac Morat (Suisee) — lectotype Anodonta annesiaca Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2098. La Saône, à Trévoux — syntype Anodonta cariosula Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2099. Angers (Maine-et-Loire) — syntype Anodonta cariosula Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2100. Foret-de-Concise près Laval (Mayenne) — syntype Anodonta cariosula Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2064. Coimbre — Anodonta embiella Hagenmüller in da Silva e Castro, 1883

MNHN_MP_2055. Moulins (Allier) — lectotype Anodonta gabilloti Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2056. La Loire “infer” [illegible] (Loire) — lectotype Anodonta gabilloti Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2150. Espalion (Aveyron) — lectotype Anodonta glossodes Locard, 1890

MNHN_22259. Avignon (Vaucluse) — lectotype Anodonta hecartiana Locard, 1884

MNHN_22260. Irigny (Rhône) — lectotype Anodonta hecartiana Locard, 1884

MNHN_22261. le canal de Mons à Condé dans le département du Nord — lectotype Anodonta hecartiana Locard, 1884

MNHN_MP_2037. Penmur (Morbihan) — Anodonta henriquesi da Silva e Castro, 1883

MNHN_MP_2039. Penmur (Morbihan) [illegible] — Anodonta henriquesi da Silva e Castro, 1883

MNHN_MP_2040. Saint-Laurent-d’Ain (Ain) — Anodonta henriquesi da Silva e Castro, 1883

MNHN_MP_2041. La Jarrie — Anodonta henriquesi da Silva e Castro, 1883

MNHN_MP_2042. Callebasse, près Gannat (Allier) — Anodonta henriquesi da Silva e Castro, 1883

MNHN_MP_2043. [illegible] Versailles — Anodonta henriquesi da Silva e Castro, 1883

MNHN_22313. fossés des forts de la Mouche à Lyon — syntype Anodonta locardi Bourguignat, 1881

MNHN_MP_2046. fossés des forts de la Vitriolerie — syntype Anodonta locardi Bourguignat, 1881

MNHN_MP_2047. [illegible] Pontoise (Seine-et-Oise) — syntype Anodonta locardi Bourguignat, 1881

MNHN_MP_2048. du Rhône — syntype Anodonta locardi Bourguignat, 1881

BMNH_MP_366. La Calle — holotype Anodonta lucasii Deshayes, 1847

MNHN_MP_2006. Garonne, près Fréjus — Anodonta mantuacina Bourguignat, 1883

MNHN_MP_2108. Angers (Maine-et-Loire) / Frejus (Var) — Anodonta mantuacina Bourguignat, 1883

MNHN_MP_2177. le Rhône, à la Mulatière (Rhône) — syntype Anodonta marsolinae Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2178. [illegible] (Maine-et-Loire) — syntype Anodonta marsolinae Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2179. La Seine, St-Ouen — syntype Anodonta marsolinae Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2008. le canal de Givors, à Givors, Rhône — lectotype Anodonta nevirnensis Locard, 1884

MNHN_22407. Le Drugeon (Jura) — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_22408. Le Rhône, au confluence, Lyon — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_22409. fosses de la Mouche à Lyon — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_22410. Le Rhône au confluence de la [illegible] — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_22407B. Le Drageon (Doubs) — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_22407C. Le Drageon (Jura) — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_22411. La Saône à Neuville (Saône) — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_22412. lac de Neuchâtel (Suisse) — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_22413. lac de Morat (Suisse) — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2204. [illegible] (Isère) — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2205. [illegible] (Ain) — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2206. Le Né (Charente) — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2207. Étang de la Faye (Charente) — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2208. Étang de la Faye (Charente) — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2209. [locality illegible] — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2210. vallas do Rol, Mondego [Portugal] — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2211. Arles — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2212. Lagoa do Ervedal [Portugal ?] — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2213. Foja [Portugal] — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2214. Silveiro près Fermantelles [Portugal] — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2215. Lac de Paladru [France] — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2304. La Vienne, à Poitiers — lectotype Anodonta noeli Locard, 1890

MNHN_22452. fort des Hirondelles à Lyon — lectotype Anodonta perroudi Locard, 1884

MNHN_22453. Rhône au confluent, à Lyon — lectotype Anodonta perroudi Locard, 1884

MNHN_22590. Tournus (Saône-et-Loire) — lectotype Anodonta trinurcina Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2290. La Louet [illegible] — lectotype Anodonta trinurcina Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2291. [locality illegible] — lectotype Anodonta trinurcina Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2292. [illegible] (Maine-et-Loire) — lectotype Anodonta trinurcina Locard, 1890

MNHN_MP_2293. La Loire à Nantes (Loire-Infereur) — lectotype Anodonta trinurcina Locard, 1890

SMF_4979. Teich b. Schönfeld nahe Kassel — paralectotype Anodonta ventricosa C. Pfeiffer, 1825

MNHN_MP_0189. Lake Beschik, Macedonia — holotype Anodonta watersoni Tomlin, 1923

Other Specimens by Collection | show by country

9 Specimens from INHS

INHS_990. Lake Kalterer, Südtirol, Kaltern, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy

INHS_19856. Lubrzanka Creek, 6 km S Kielce, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland

INHS_21428. Nieuwe Merwede, S of Dordrecht, "Kop van Land", South Holland, Netherlands

INHS_21798. Pest, Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary

INHS_48948. Segre River, Sant Llorenc de Montgai, Catalonia, Spain

INHS_23639. New Bedford River, Sutton Gault, 11 km from Ely, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England

INHS_21797. France

INHS_21799. Anglia, Hungary

INHS_21800. Aargau [= Kanton Aargau], Switzerland

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

Austria

Mp_2654_Acyg. (16S: AF232799, COI: AF232824, go to GenBank) Lake Obertrumersee Salzburgh, Austria.

Germany

SMF_360684. (16S: OK055694, 28S: OK077679, COI: OK050304, go to GenBank) Großer Woog, Darmstadt (49.87345, 8.6709).

Portugal

Mp_3580_AcygnPF2.8. (COI: EF571398, go to GenBank) Pateira de Fermentelos, Vouga Basin, Portugal.

CIIMAR_AC6. (SRA: SRX5278580, go to GenBank) Portugal: Fermentelos, Fermentelos Lake, Vouga (40.573983 N 8.51463600 W).

Russia

RMBH_biv_207_1. (16S: MK574311, 28S: MK574450, COI: MK034159, go to GenBank) Russia: European part, Kaliningrad Region, Lebedinoye Lake (54.7938° N, 20.5286° E), Baltic Sea drainage.

RMBH_biv_207_2. (16S: MK574312, 28S: MK574451, COI: MK574184, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_207_3. (16S: MK574313, 28S: MK574452, COI: MK034160, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_204_1. (16S: MK574307, 28S: MK574446, COI: MK034157, go to GenBank) Russia: European part, Moscow Region, Lake Glubokoye (55.7519°N, 36.5102°E), Volga Basin, Caspian Sea drainage.

RMBH_biv_204_3. (16S: MK574308, 28S: MK574447, COI: MK034158, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_204_6. (16S: MK574309, 28S: MK574448, COI: MK574182, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_204_7. (16S: MK574310, 28S: MK574449, COI: MK574183, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_194_1. (16S: MK574305, 28S: MK574444, COI: MK034153, go to GenBank) Russia: European part, Moskow Region, Medvezhii Lakes (55.8650° N, 38.0010° E), Volga Basin, Caspian Sea drainage.

RMBH_biv_194_2. (16S: MK574306, 28S: MK574445, COI: MK034154, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_769_1. (COI: MT027890, go to GenBank) Russia: European part, Voronezh Region, Tikhaya Sosna River (50.8570° N, 39.0790° E), Don Basin, Azov Sea drainage.

Sweden

NRM_42772-M094. (16S: DQ060164, 18S, ITS1: DQ060186, COI: DQ060170, go to GenBank) Sweden: Sommen lake.

Switzerland

NMBE_565034. (28S: OK077597, COI: OK050215, go to GenBank) Ceresio, Agno Camping (45.99222, 8.89857).

NMBE_565035. (16S: OK055611, 28S: OK077598, COI: OK050216, go to GenBank) ditto.

NMBE_565036. (16S: OK055612, 28S: OK077599, COI: OK050217, go to GenBank) ditto.

NMBE_565037. (16S: OK055613, 28S: OK077600, go to GenBank) ditto.

NMBE_565818. (16S: OK055653, 28S: OK077638, COI: OK050252, go to GenBank) ditto.

NMBE_565041. (16S: OK055617, go to GenBank) Etang sous la Sagne (47.2303, 7.0883).

NMBE_565042. (16S: OK055618, go to GenBank) ditto.

NMBE_559863. (16S: OK055583, 28S: OK077567, COI: OK050185, go to GenBank) Gouille Marion, Mies (46.3035, 6.1575).

NMBE_559864. (16S: OK055584, 28S: OK077568, COI: OK050186, go to GenBank) ditto.

NMBE_559865. (16S: OK055585, 28S: OK077569, COI: OK050187, go to GenBank) ditto.

NMBE_565043. (16S: OK055619, 28S: OK077604, go to GenBank) Hallwilersee, Beinwil (47.27235, 8.20932).

NMBE_565044. (16S: OK055620, 28S: OK077605, go to GenBank) Lac Brenet, Les Charbonnières (46.6672, 6.3172).

NMBE_565045. (16S: OK055621, 28S: OK077606, COI: OK050221, go to GenBank) ditto.

NMBE_559875. (16S: OK055592, 28S: OK077577, go to GenBank) Lac Neuchâtel, St-Blaise (47.0109, 6.9806).

NMBE_566638. (16S: OK055669, go to GenBank) Nussbaumersee, Nussbaumen TG (47.6137, 8.8134).

NMBE_566631. (16S: OK055663, 28S: OK077652, COI: OK050270, go to GenBank) Sarnersee, Zollhaus OW (46.8459, 8.2029).

NMBE_565068. (16S: OK055641, go to GenBank) Verbano, Tenero Lido (46.1665, 8.8498).

NMBE_566632. (16S: OK055664, 28S: OK077653, COI: OK050271, go to GenBank) Vierwaldstättersee, Küssnacht SZ (47.0776, 8.4301).

NMBE_566633. (16S: OK055665, 28S: OK077654, COI: OK050272, go to GenBank) ditto.

NMBE_565080. (16S: OK055652, 28S: OK077636, COI: OK050251, go to GenBank) Walensee, Unterterzen (47.11356, 9.24982).

NMBE_559890. (16S: OK055606, 28S: OK077591, COI: OK050209, go to GenBank) Zugersee, Zug (47.17314, 8.50292).

Turkey

GCMAE_M34_A_1. (16S: MZ518961, 28S: MZ519198, COI: MZ510979, go to GenBank) Turkey: Çamlıca: Maritsa Basin (40.768715, 26.514664).

GCMAE_M34_A_2. (16S: MZ518962, 28S: MZ519199, COI: MZ510980, go to GenBank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV2352. (COI: MZ510965, go to GenBank) Turkey: Taşkısığı: Sakarya Basin (40.865868, 30.405434).

CIIMAR_BIV2353. (COI: MZ510966, go to GenBank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV2354. (16S: MZ518915, 28S: MZ519152, COI: MZ510967, go to GenBank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV2355. (16S: MZ518916, 28S: MZ519153, COI: MZ510968, go to GenBank) ditto.

CIIMAR_BIV2356. (16S: MZ518917, 28S: MZ519154, COI: MZ510969, go to GenBank) ditto.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

A1 LGM NMS. (COI: OP741120, go to GenBank)

A6 LGM NMS. (COI: OP741122, go to GenBank)

A8 LGM NMS. (COI: OP741123, go to GenBank)

Biv_-J13D. (28S: OQ348118, go to GenBank)

Biv_J10D. (28S: OQ348115, go to GenBank)

Biv_J11D. (28S: OQ348116, go to GenBank)

Biv_J12D. (28S: OQ348117, go to GenBank)

Biv_J15D. (28S: OQ348119, go to GenBank)

Biv_J17D. (28S: OQ348120, go to GenBank)

Biv_J20D. (28S: OQ348121, go to GenBank)

Biv_J7D. (28S: OQ348112, go to GenBank)

Biv_J8D. (28S: OQ348113, go to GenBank)

Biv_J9D. (28S: OQ348114, go to GenBank)

CIIMAR_AC70. (18S: PP693693, 28S: PP693709, mtGenome: MN594532, go to GenBank)

NRM_42628-M062. (COI: DQ060169, go to GenBank)

NRM_42771-M081. (18S, ITS1: DQ060185, go to GenBank)