Anodonta

Translingual

Anodonta anatina

Etymology

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Proper noun

Anodonta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Unionidae – a kind of river mussel, called floaters or anodons.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class, Autobranchia – subclass, Heteroconchia – infraclass, Palaeoheterodonta – subterclass; Unionida – order, Unionoidea – superfamily; Unionidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Anodonta anatina (duck mussel), Anodonta beringiana, Anodonta californiensis, Anodonta cataracta, Anodonta couperiana, Anodonta cygnea (swan mussel), Anodonta dejecta, Anodonta grandis, Anodonta hartfieldorum, Anodonta heardi, Anodonta implicata, Anodonta impura, Anodonta kennerlyi, Anodonta lurulenta, Anodonta nuttalliana, Anodonta oregonensis, Anodonta piscinalis, Anodonta pseudodopsis, Anodonta suborbiculata, Anodonta vescoiana - species

Further reading

• Anodonta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anodonta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anodonta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Anodonta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Anodonta at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Anodonta at the Catalogue of Life 
• Anodonta at World Register of Marine Species
• Anodonta at Paleobiology Database
• Anodonta at AnimalBase