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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina

genus Anodonta Lamarck, 1799: species
     75 available nominal genus synonyms (100 total synonyms) | cladomics

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
syonymy (329 available, 440 total) | specimens (285 + 490 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread, from Europe and northern Africa east to Lake Baikal and the Lena River, Russia. (North Eurasia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, Cytb, Cytb M-type, H3, ITS1, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type, other, SRA
IUCN Red List: Endangered B2ab(ii,iii) (Anodonta pseudodopsis), Data Deficient (Anodonta cyrea), Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta californiensis Lea, 1852
syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (58)
Range: California and east to the Great Basin, USA, south into Mexico. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 18S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
syonymy (278 available, 417 total) | specimens (106 + 42 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Europe and northern Africa. (North Eurasia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, Cytb, ITS1, mtGenome, other, SRA
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv) (Anodonta pallaryi), Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv) (Anodonta lucasi), Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta exulcerata Porro, 1838
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (1 + 22 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, and Switzerland in southeastern Europe. (North Eurasia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Endangered B2ab(iii,v)
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta impura Say, 1829
syonymy (9 available, 11 total) | specimens (69)
Range: Mexico. (Central America)
Genbank sequences: 18S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta kennerlyi Lea, 1860
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Oregon, USA north to British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta lurulenta (Morelet, 1849)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (3)
Range: Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala and Mexico. (Central America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838
syonymy (6 available, 11 total) | specimens (6 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Washington south through California, east to Utah, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, COI M-type, mtGenome, ND1
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2c
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta oregonensis Lea, 1838
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (2 + 7 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Washington south to northern California, east into the Great Basin, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI, COI M-type, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta seddonae Gürlek, Kebapçı & Lopes-Lima in Lopes-Lima et al., 2021
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Lake Beysehir and nearby basins, Turkey. (North Eurasia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat, 1856
syonymy (4 available, 5 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Endemic to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Iraq. (North Eurasia)
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta aquensis Matheron, 1843 (fossil)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Fossil, France. (North Eurasia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta argillensis Russell, 1932 (Cretaceous)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta arnoldi Weaver & Palmer, 1922 (fossil)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Fossil, Washington, USA
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta arzniana Bogachev, 1936 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene, Armenia.
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta athlios Mayer in Heer, 1869 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Fossil, Alaska. (North America)
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta becklesi Newton, 1910 (Cretaceous)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Cretaceous, UK.
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta bronni D’Ancona in Cocchi, 1867 (fossil)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Fossil, Italy.
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta cypressensis Russell, 1967 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta decurtata Conrad, 1870 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta kettlemanensis Arnold, 1909 (fossil)
syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
other links: MolluscaBase

Anodonta malhuerensis Henderson & Rodeck, 1934 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Anodonta nitida Nomland, 1917 (fossil)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Anodonta parallela White, 1878 (Cretaceous)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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