Duck mussel facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Duck mussel |
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| A live individual of the duck mussel, Anodonta anatina | |
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Anodonta
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anatina
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| Distribution of Anodonta anatina in Europe. | |
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Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1823 |
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The duck mussel (Anodonta anatina) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Description
See Animalbase below (external link).
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
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Right valve
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Left valve
Distribution
The native distribution of this species is European-Siberian.
- Croatia
- Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, least concern (LC)
- Germany
- Germany - (Arten der Vorwarnliste)
- Listed as specially protected species in annex 1 of the Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
- Great Britain
- Isle of Man - found at Lhen mouth (1922–25) and at Guilcagh (1985). Not protected by Wildlife Act 1990.
- Ireland - found sporadically throughout the Shannon-Erne waterways and in Lough Neagh
- Netherlands - yes
- Russia
- Sverdlovsk oblast - yes
- Slovakia
- Sweden - it is the most widely distributed large freshwater bivalve in Sweden
- Spain
- Finland
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