Duck mussel explained

Distribution

The native distribution of this species is European-Siberian.

• Croatia
• Czech Republic – in Bohemia, in Moravia,^[1] least concern (LC)^[2]
• Germany – (Arten der Vorwarnliste)^[3] Listed as specially protected species in annex 1 of the Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
• Great Britain
  • Isle of Man – National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland found at Lhen mouth (1922–25) and at Guilcagh (1985). Not protected by Wildlife Act 1990.
• Ireland – recorded through much of the country^[4]
• Netherlands – yes^[5]
• Russia – Northwest European Russia to Siberia
• Slovakia^[1]
• Sweden – it is the most widely distributed large freshwater bivalve in Sweden^[6]
• Spain^[7]
• Finland

External links

• Anodonta anatina at Animalbase taxonomy, a short description (giving differences from Anodonta cygnea), distribution, biology, status (threats), images

Notes and References

1. Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1–37. PDF.
2. Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
3. Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109,
4. Web site: Duck Mussel (Anodonta (Anodonta) anatina) . National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland . 8 July 2024.
5. Web site: Anemoon > Flora en Fauna > Soorteninformatie. www.anemoon.org.
6. Web site: Duck mussel . 2007-05-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070313101217/http://www.nrm.se/researchandcollections/zoology/invertebratezoology/factsoninvertebrates/thelargefreshwatermussels/duckmussel.4.5fdc727f10d795b1c6e80007006.html . 2007-03-13 . cited 16 February 2007
7. http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/45260/1/Iberus%20Nayades%20Iberia.pdf Araujo et al., 2009.