# Duck mussel (*Anodonta anatina*)

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Data as of: 2026-11-11

The duck mussel (Anodonta anatina) is a species in the order Unionida.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Mollusca
- class: Bivalvia
- order: Unionida
- genus: Anodonta
- species: *Anodonta 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*

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