Anodontoides Explained

Anodontoides is a genus of freshwater mussels, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Anodontoides:^[2]

• Anodontoides denigratus (Lea, 1852)
• Anodontoides ferussacianus (I. Lea, 1834) — Found in creeks and small rivers usually with high concentrations of mud and sand.

Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad, 1834) has been reclassified as a member of genus Strophitus by Smith, Johnson, Pfeiffer and Gangloff (2018).^[3]

Geographical range

Andontoides ferussacianus, the cylindrical papershell, can be found in the Mississippi River, St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes in shallow freshwater. They are found as far south as Tennessee and Arkansas, west to Colorado, and north to Manitoba.^[4] Anodontides radiatus has been found in the Gulf of Mexico drainages and parts of western Florida and southern Louisiana.^[5]

Anodontoides denigratus^[2] or Anodontoides denigrata, the Cumberland papershell, is restricted to the upper Cumberland River basin in Kentucky and Tennessee and is designated as "critically imperiled" by NatureServe.^[6]

Reproduction

Common hosts of glochidia from Anodontoides ferussacianus have been identified as mottled sculpins, sea lampreys, brook sticklebacks, white suckers, Iowa darters, common shiners, blacknose shiners, bluntnose minnows, fathead minnow, black crappie, bluegill, largemouth bass and the Tippecanoe darter.^[7]

Longevity

Anodontoides ferussacianus- Life expectancy varies from 3 to 16 years with an average of 9 years.

References

1. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Anodontoides. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571665 on 2012-07-24
2. Web site: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). MUSSEL Project Web Site. genus Anodontoides Simpson in F.C. Baker, 1898: valid species. 13 March 2023. Graf. D.L.. Cummings. K.S.. 6 April 2023.
3. Smith. Chase H.. Johnson. Nathan A.. Pfeiffer. John M.. Gangloff. Michael M.. Molecular and morphological data reveal non-monophyly and speciation in imperiled freshwater mussels (Anodontoides and Strophitus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 119. 2018. 50–62. 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.018. 29074460 .
4. Web site: Mulcrone. Renee Sherman. 2005. Anodontoides ferussacianus. 31 March 2023. Animal Diversity Web. en.
5. Smith. Chase H.. Johnson. Nathan A.. Pfeiffer. John M.. Gangloff. Michael M.. February 2018. Molecular and morphological data reveal non-monophyly and speciation in imperiled freshwater mussels (Anodontoides and Strophitus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. en. 119. 50–62. 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.018. 29074460 .
6. Web site: Anodontoides denigrata. Nature Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. NatureServe. Arlington, Virginia. 3 March 2023. 6 April 2023.
7. Web site: NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Anodontoides ferussacianus. NatureServe. NatureServe. Arlington, Virginia. 3 March 2023. 6 April 2023.