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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina

genus Anodonta Lamarck, 1799: valid species
     100 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
440 synonyms | 231 specimens
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, SRA, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type.
IUCN Red List: Endangered (Anodonta pseudodopsis), Data Deficient (Anodonta cyrea), Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS 2 3.

Anodonta californiensis Lea, 1852
4 synonyms | 42 specimens
Range: California and east to the Great Basin, USA, south into Mexico. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 18S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII.
Nature Serve: G3.
Other web site: ITIS 2.

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
417 synonyms | 71 specimens
Range: Europe and northern Africa. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, Cytb, ITS1, SRA, mtGenome.
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered (Anodonta pallaryi), Critically Endangered (Anodonta lucasi), Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS.

Anodonta exulcerata Porro, 1838
2 synonyms | 1 specimen
Range: Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, and Switzerland in southeastern Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome.

Anodonta impura Say, 1829
11 synonyms | 52 specimens
Range: Mexico. [Central America]
Genbank sequences: 18S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web site: ITIS.

Anodonta kennerlyi Lea, 1860
2 synonyms | 1 specimen
Range: Oregon, USA north to British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. [North America]
Genbank sequences: COI.
Nature Serve: G4.
Other web site: ITIS.

Anodonta lurulenta (Morelet, 1849)
1 synonym | 3 specimens
Range: Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala and Mexico. [Central America]
Other web site: ITIS.

Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838
11 synonyms | 6 specimens
Range: Washington south through California, east to Utah, USA. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, COI M-type, ND1, mtGenome.
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable.
Nature Serve: G2G3Q.
Other web site: ITIS.

Anodonta oregonensis Lea, 1838
2 synonyms | 2 specimens
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.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web site: ITIS.

Anodonta seddonae Gürlek, Kebapçı & Lopes-Lima in Lopes-Lima et al., 2021
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Beysehir and nearby basins, Turkey. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.

Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat, 1856
5 synonyms | 1 specimen
Range: Endemic to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Iraq. [North Eurasia]
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened.
Other web site: ITIS.

Anodonta aquensis Matheron, 1843 (fossil)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Fossil, France. [North Eurasia]

Anodonta argillensis Russell, 1932 (Cretaceous)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Cretaceous, North America.

Anodonta arnoldi Weaver & Palmer, 1922 (fossil)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Fossil, Washington, USA

Anodonta arzniana Bogachev, 1936 (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Miocene, Armenia.

Anodonta athlios Mayer in Heer, 1869 (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Fossil, Alaska. [North America]

Anodonta becklesi Newton, 1910 (Cretaceous)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Cretaceous, UK.

Anodonta bronni D’Ancona in Cocchi, 1867 (fossil)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Fossil, Italy.

Anodonta cypressensis Russell, 1967 (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range:

Anodonta decurtata Conrad, 1870 (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range:

Anodonta kettlemanensis Arnold, 1909 (fossil)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range:

Anodonta malhuerensis Henderson & Rodeck, 1934 (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range:

Anodonta nitida Nomland, 1917 (fossil)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range:

Anodonta parallela White, 1878 (Cretaceous)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Cretaceous, North America.

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