Duck mussel

Weight

Not recorded

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

freshwater

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumMollusca
3. classBivalvia
4. orderUnionida
5. genusAnodonta
6. SpeciesAnodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Anodon subrhombea, Anodonta acallia, Anodonta adusta, Anodonta aechmopsis, Anodonta alethinia, Anodonta alsterica, Anodonta anatina, Anodonta anatina abbreviata, Anodonta anatina circularis, Anodonta anatina crassiuscula, Anodonta anatina lenae, Anodonta anatina monstrosa, Anodonta anatina petshorica, Anodonta anatina raddei, Anodonta anatina var. abbreviata, Anodonta anatina var. crassiuscula, Anodonta anatina var. lenae, Anodonta anatina var. petshorica, Anodonta anceyi, Anodonta anserirostris, Anodonta antorida, Anodonta apollonica, Anodonta arundinum, Anodonta arvernica, Anodonta ataxiaca, Anodonta attenuata, Anodonta auboirica, Anodonta avonensis kickxii, Anodonta bactriana, Anodonta baeri, Anodonta baetica, Anodonta baudoniana, Anodonta beccariana, Anodonta bicolor, Anodonta blaca, Anodonta blaca breviuscula, Anodonta blanci, Anodonta borboraeca, Anodonta bourguignati, Anodonta brandti, Anodonta brebissoni, Anodonta burgundina, Anodonta burgundina inflata, Anodonta bythia, Anodonta byzantina, Anodonta cadomensis, Anodonta calara, Anodonta calderoni, Anodonta caletengis, Anodonta callosaeformis, Anodonta campyla, Anodonta camurina, Anodonta carisiana, Anodonta carvalhoi, Anodonta carvalhopsis, Anodonta castroi, Anodonta castropsis, Anodonta catula, Anodonta cellensis selengensis, Anodonta cellensis var. selengensis, Anodonta charpentierii, Anodonta chresimella, Anodonta cilicica, Anodonta circulus, Anodonta coarctata, Anodonta codiella, Anodonta coenosella, Anodonta colloba, Anodonta complanata sorensiana, Anodonta complanata var. sorensiana, Anodonta convexa, Anodonta coutagnei, Anodonta coutagni, Anodonta crimeana, Anodonta culoxiana, Anodonta cygnea armenica, Anodonta cygnea piscinalis, Anodonta cygnea var. armenica, Anodonta cygnea var. balatonica, Anodonta cymbalica, Anodonta cyrea, Anodonta cyrea cyrea, Anodonta cyrea sogdiana, Anodonta cyrea var. bactriana, Anodonta cyrea var. samarkandensis, Anodonta cyrea var. sogdiana, Anodonta cyrtoptychia, Anodonta dantessantyi, Anodonta delicatula, Anodonta deperetiana, Anodonta depressa, Anodonta desmoulinsiana, Anodonta dinellina, Anodonta divinita, Anodonta doei, Anodonta doei compressa, Anodonta doei tenuis, Anodonta doeopsis, Anodonta dupuyi, Anodonta dupuyii, Anodonta ectina, Anodonta elachista, Anodonta elodaea, Anodonta emacerata, Anodonta episema, Anodonta ervica, Anodonta eunotaia, Anodonta eximium, Anodonta exocha, Anodonta falcata, Anodonta falcata fluviatica, Anodonta fallax, Anodonta fastigata, Anodonta financei, Anodonta florenciana, Anodonta foedata, Anodonta formosa, Anodonta frankfurti, Anodonta friedlanderiana, Anodonta gabatiformis, Anodonta gallandi, Anodonta gallensteini, Anodonta gastroda, Anodonta gaudioni, Anodonta georgei, Anodonta georgiana, Anodonta germanica, Anodonta gibba, Anodonta gibbosa, Anodonta gibbosula, Anodonta glabra, Anodonta glabrella, Anodonta glaucina, Anodonta glischra, Anodonta glyca, Anodonta glycella, Anodonta gougetana, Anodonta gruveli, Anodonta gueretini, Anodonta humberti, Anodonta icana, Anodonta idrina trasymenica, Anodonta idrina var. trasymenica, Anodonta idrinopsis, Anodonta illota, Anodonta illuviosa, Anodonta impura, Anodonta inaequabilis, Anodonta indetrita, Anodonta indusiana, Anodonta inornata, Anodonta invenusta, Anodonta invicta, Anodonta issiodurensis, Anodonta jesseni, Anodonta jourdheuili, Anodonta journei, Anodonta jurana, Anodonta kickxi, Anodonta kickxi var. interrogationis, Anodonta kickxii interrogationis, Anodonta kokandica, Anodonta krapinensis, Anodonta labelliformis, Anodonta lacannica, Anodonta latirostris, Anodonta lenkoranensis, Anodonta leprosa debettana, Anodonta letourneuxi, Anodonta limpida, Anodonta limpida italica, Anodonta littoralis, Anodonta loppionica, Anodonta loroisi, Anodonta lortetiana, Anodonta loydiana, Anodonta lusitana, Anodonta lusoiana, Anodonta luxata, Anodonta mabilli, Anodonta macilenta, Anodonta macrostena curta, Anodonta maesica, Anodonta mahometana, Anodonta manculopsis, Anodonta mansueta, Anodonta marbozensis, Anodonta marcida, Anodonta marconi, Anodonta marioni, Anodonta maristorum, Anodonta maritzana, Anodonta martorelli, Anodonta mea, Anodonta melinia, Anodonta meretrix, Anodonta meridionalis, Anodonta merularum, Anodonta milaschevichi, Anodonta milletii, Anodonta minima, Anodonta miranella, Anodonta mitis, Anodonta mitula, Anodonta mollis, Anodonta montapasi, Anodonta moulinsiana, Anodonta mutabilis moerchiana, Anodonta mutabilis var. anatina, Anodonta mutabilis var. moerchiana, Anodonta nanusopsis, Anodonta nefaria, Anodonta nicolloni, Anodonta nilssonii, Anodonta nitefacta, Anodonta nobilis, Anodonta nova, Anodonta numidica, Anodonta nycterina, Anodonta obnixa, Anodonta ogerieni, Anodonta opalina, Anodonta orivalensis, Anodonta ostiaria, Anodonta oviformis, Anodonta ovula, Anodonta ovularis, Anodonta palustris, Anodonta pamboni, Anodonta parvula, Anodonta pelaeca, Anodonta pelecina, Anodonta penchinati, Anodonta pentagona, Anodonta perardua, Anodonta perrieri, Anodonta philhydra, Anodonta philypna, Anodonta picardi, Anodonta pictetiana, Anodonta piscinalis, Anodonta piscinalis anatinella, Anodonta piscinalis portulana, Anodonta piscinalis shadini, Anodonta piscinalis sibirica, Anodonta piscinalis sorica, Anodonta piscinalis testa, Anodonta piscinalis transsylvanica, Anodonta piscinalis var. seisanensis, Anodonta piscinalis var. sorica, Anodonta piscinalis var. volgensis, Anodonta piscinalis volgensis, Anodonta plattenica, Anodonta poedica, Anodonta ponderiformis, Anodonta ponderosa, Anodonta ponderosa altaica, Anodonta ponderosa compressa, Anodonta ponderosa elongata, Anodonta ponderosa volgensis, Anodonta popularis, Anodonta potiezi, Anodonta prasina, Anodonta pseudodontopsis, Anodonta pseudodopsis, Anodonta pygmaea, Anodonta pyrenaica, Anodonta racketti, Anodonta ramburi, Anodonta rayii, Anodonta recurvirostris, Anodonta regularis, Anodonta retteri, Anodonta richardi, Anodonta ripariopsis, Anodonta riqueti, Anodonta rossmaessleriana, Anodonta rossmassleri, Anodonta rossmassleriana, Anodonta rostrata, Anodonta rothomagensis, Anodonta rotula, Anodonta rumanica, Anodonta rynchota, Anodonta samarkandensis, Anodonta scaldiana, Anodonta scaphidella, Anodonta sebinensis, Anodonta sedakovi, Anodonta sedakowi, Anodonta sedentaria, Anodonta sedentaria minor, Anodonta sedentaria viridis, Anodonta segnis, Anodonta seisanensis, Anodonta seisanensis lenae, Anodonta seisanensis seisanensis, Anodonta sequanica, Anodonta servaini, Anodonta sigela, Anodonta siliquiformis, Anodonta sogdiana, Anodonta solmanica, Anodonta sorensiana, Anodonta sourbieui, Anodonta spathuliformis, Anodonta spengleri, Anodonta spengleri major, Anodonta spiridionis, Anodonta spondea, Anodonta sterra, Anodonta subarealis, Anodonta subcircularis, Anodonta subcircularis astrachanica, Anodonta subcircularis plattenica, Anodonta subinornata, Anodonta subluxata, Anodonta submacilenta, Anodonta subponderosa, Anodonta subrhombea depereti, Anodonta suevica, Anodonta suranica, Anodonta tanousi, Anodonta taurica, Anodonta tchernaica, Anodonta tenella, Anodonta thanorella, Anodonta thibauti, Anodonta thripedesta, Anodonta tremula, Anodonta trianguliformis, Anodonta tricassina, Anodonta tritonum, Anodonta tunizana, Anodonta ultronea, Anodonta unioniformis, Anodonta valentina, Anodonta variabilis crassula, Anodonta variabilis ligerica, Anodonta variabilis rhomboïdalis, Anodonta variabilis subcompressa, Anodonta variabilis subinflata, Anodonta variabilis var. crassula, Anodonta variabilis var. rhomboidalis, Anodonta variabilis var. subinflata, Anodonta vendeana, Anodonta ventricosa, Anodonta viriata, Anodonta viridiflava, Anodonta wenceslai, Anodonta westerlundi, Colletopterum baeri, Colletopterum kokandicum, Colletopterum milaschevichi, Colletopterum piscinale, Colletopterum praeclarum, Gabillotia locardi, Gabillotia pseudodopsis, Glochidium parasiticum, Mytilus anatinus, Mytilus avonensis

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Swan mussel

Anodonta cygnea

Unionida

C

California floater

Anodonta californiensis

UnionidaNo free photo yet

O

Oregon floater

Anodonta oregonensis

UnionidaNo free photo yet

W

Western floater

Anodonta kennerlyi

UnionidaNo free photo yet

W

Winged floater

Anodonta nuttalliana

UnionidaNo free photo yet

F

Fretted anodonta

Anodonta exulcerata

UnionidaNo free photo yet

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  title = {Duck mussel (Anodonta anatina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/duck-mussel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}