Swan mussel

The swan mussel is a living species, and the IUCN Red List assesses it globally as Least Concern, which is not an IUCN threatened category.

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Main food

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Habitat

freshwatersrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

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Lifestyle

Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

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The swan mussel is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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

Synonyms Anodon cygneus, Anodon lucasii, Anodon paludosus, Anodon simplicidus, Anodon simplicidus, Anodonta acyrta, Anodonta adamii, Anodonta aeneolina, Anodonta aequorea, Anodonta alleniana, Anodonta alsatica, Anodonta alseria, Anodonta ambrosiana, Anodonta amnica, Anodonta anatina elongata, Anodonta anatina major, Anodonta anatina rostrata, Anodonta annesiaca, Anodonta antinoriana, Anodonta anura, Anodonta anxurensis, Anodonta apala, Anodonta aquatica, Anodonta arealis, Anodonta arelatensis, Anodonta aresta, Anodonta aristidis, Anodonta arnouldi, Anodonta arrosa, Anodonta arturi, Anodonta assimilis, Anodonta atrovirens, Anodonta atrovirens attenuata, Anodonta atrovirens normalis, Anodonta autricensis, Anodonta avenionensis, Anodonta avonica, Anodonta balatonica, Anodonta barbosana, Anodonta bisuntiensis, Anodonta blauneri, Anodonta bocageana, Anodonta bofilliana, Anodonta bouvieri, Anodonta briandiana, Anodonta broti, Anodonta brusinae, Anodonta bythioeca, Anodonta callidaea, Anodonta callosa, Anodonta callosa, Anodonta capelloiana, Anodonta capitata, Anodonta cariosa, Anodonta cariosula, Anodonta cariosula elongata, Anodonta carotae, Anodonta catocyrta, Anodonta cellensis, Anodonta cellensis acuta, Anodonta cellensis dilatata, Anodonta cellensis inflata, Anodonta cellensis micheli, Anodonta cellensis minor, Anodonta cellensis rostrata, Anodonta cellensis solearis, Anodonta cellensis var. acuta, Anodonta cellensis var. micheli, Anodonta cellensis var. orata, Anodonta cellensis var. solearis, Anodonta charpyi, Anodonta chivoti, Anodonta clessini, Anodonta cobelliana, Anodonta cobelliana toblinica, Anodonta codopsis, Anodonta complacita, Anodonta condatina, Anodonta contorta, Anodonta coupha, Anodonta cristata, Anodonta cygenea, Anodonta cygnaea, Anodonta cygnaea radiata, Anodonta cygnea, Anodonta cygnea cordata, Anodonta cygnea crassa, Anodonta cygnea forchhammeri, Anodonta cygnea lingua, Anodonta cygnea lirata, Anodonta cygnea lyngbyana, Anodonta cygnea rostrata, Anodonta cygnea tenuis, Anodonta cygnea thaanumi, Anodonta cygnea typica, Anodonta cygnea var. cordata, Anodonta cygnea var. typica, Anodonta cypholena, Anodonta danica, Anodonta dealbata, Anodonta dehonesta, Anodonta delpretei, Anodonta deplanata, Anodonta desori, Anodonta diminuta, Anodonta discoidea, Anodonta dokici, Anodonta doriana, Anodonta dubreili, Anodonta duregica, Anodonta ellipsopsis, Anodonta ellipsopsis minor, Anodonta elongata, Anodonta embia, Anodonta embiella, Anodonta enhydra, Anodonta epipedacra, Anodonta eporediana, Anodonta eucaca, Anodonta eucypha, Anodonta eumorphia, Anodonta eupelina, Anodonta eusomata, Anodonta euthymeana, Anodonta fagoti, Anodonta fedderseni, Anodonta foeda, Anodonta fragilissima viridis, Anodonta fragillima, Anodonta fuliginea, Anodonta fuscata, Anodonta gabilloti, Anodonta gallica, Anodonta gestroi, Anodonta giraldesi, Anodonta glabra, Anodonta glossodes, Anodonta goesi, Anodonta graeca, Anodonta gravida, Anodonta gregalis, Anodonta grossa, Anodonta gruveli, Anodonta hazayana, Anodonta hecartiana, Anodonta helvetica, Anodonta henriquesi, Anodonta hydatina, Anodonta hypaeschra, Anodonta idrina, Anodonta ilysoeca, Anodonta immunda, Anodonta intermedia, Anodonta isseli, Anodonta joannisi, Anodonta josei, Anodonta journeopsis, Anodonta kleciaki, Anodonta kusteri, Anodonta lacuum, Anodonta laevigata, Anodonta lanceolata, Anodonta latissima, Anodonta lepida, Anodonta leprosa, Anodonta leprosa, Anodonta leprosa benacensis, Anodonta letourneauxi, Anodonta lhotellerii, Anodonta limbata, Anodonta livronica, Anodonta locardi, Anodonta longirostris, Anodonta lucasii, Anodonta lutetiana, Anodonta macella, Anodonta machadoiana, Anodonta macrostena, Anodonta maculata, Anodonta maganica, Anodonta manica, Anodonta marsolinae, Anodonta mengoiana, Anodonta misara, Anodonta moctera, Anodonta moesica, Anodonta moesica, Anodonta monterosati, Anodonta morini, Anodonta mundegana, Anodonta mutabilis, Anodonta mutabilis diminuata, Anodonta mutabilis fragilissima, Anodonta mutabilis lacustrina, Anodonta mutabilis var. cygnea, Anodonta mutabilis var. diminuata, Anodonta mutabilis var. fragilissima, Anodonta nansoutyana, Anodonta nevirnensis, Anodonta nocturna, Anodonta noeli, Anodonta nymphigena, Anodonta oblonga, Anodonta oblonga mantuacina, Anodonta ocnera, Anodonta opalina, Anodonta padana, Anodonta pallaryi, Anodonta palustris, Anodonta pammegala, Anodonta parmata, Anodonta paulinoi, Anodonta paupercula, Anodonta pelophila, Anodonta perlora, Anodonta perroudi, Anodonta pfeifferi, Anodonta pictetiana elongata, Anodonta pictetiana rostrata, Anodonta pilariana, Anodonta pinii, Anodonta piscinalis major, Anodonta piscinalis var. thaanumi, Anodonta planulata, Anodonta platyrhincha, Anodonta portensis, Anodonta potimia, Anodonta psammita, Anodonta pulchella, Anodonta quadrangulata, Anodonta quellenneci, Anodonta raimondoi, Anodonta ranarum, Anodonta rayopsis, Anodonta reneana, Anodonta renoufi, Anodonta resima, Anodonta ressmanni, Anodonta retziana, Anodonta rhodani, Anodonta rhynchonella, Anodonta ribeiroiana, Anodonta richardi, Anodonta romana, Anodonta rosai, Anodonta rostrata major, Anodonta ruvida, Anodonta ruvidella, Anodonta saintsimoniana, Anodonta savensis, Anodonta savensis, Anodonta savica, Anodonta scapulosa, Anodonta schroederi, Anodonta sebinensis, Anodonta serbica, Anodonta sieversi, Anodonta silvai, Anodonta simoesi, Anodonta simulans, Anodonta sondermannii, Anodonta specialis, Anodonta stabilei, Anodonta stagnalis, Anodonta stataria, Anodonta strobeliana, Anodonta strobeliana medoacensis, Anodonta sturmi, Anodonta subquadrangulata, Anodonta subregularis, Anodonta sulcata, Anodonta tamegana, Anodonta telmoeca, Anodonta theryi, Anodonta thiessae, Anodonta tigurica, Anodonta tihanyca, Anodonta tissoti, Anodonta tricassinaeformis, Anodonta trinurcina, Anodonta truncata, Anodonta tuberculata, Anodonta tumida, Anodonta utinensis, Anodonta utriculosa, Anodonta variabilis, Anodonta vaschaldei, Anodonta ventricosa, Anodonta vetula, Anodonta villae, Anodonta visurgisina, Anodonta watersoni, Anodonta waterstoni, Anodonta wimmeri, Anodonta zellensis, Anodonta zenii, Anodontes europaea, Mytilus cygneus, Mytilus incrassatus, Mytilus macula, Mytilus maxima, Mytilus radiatus, Mytilus stagnalis, Mytilus zellensis, Unio tumidus var. minor

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