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; Unioninae – subfamily; Anodontini – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Anodonta cygnea (swan mussel) – type species; Anodonta anatina (duck mussel), Anodonta aquensis, Anodonta californiensis (California floate), Anodonta cypressensis, Anodonta daubereeana, Anodonta decurtata, Anodonta exculcerata, Anodonta hocaensis, Anodonta impura, Anodonta implicata, Anodonta impura, Anodonta kennerlyi (western floate), Anodonta lurulenta, Anodonta nuttalliana (winged floater), Anodonta oregonensis (Oregon floater), Anodonta pacifica, Anodonta parallela, Anodonta subjapanensis, Anodonta vescoiana – selected species

See also

• Beringiana
• Pyganodon
• Utterbackia
• Utterbackiana

Further reading

• Anodonta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anodonta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category: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