Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Palaeoheterodonta > Order Unionoida > Superfamily Unionoidea > Family Unionidae > Genus Anodonta

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anodonta*	Link, 1807	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mytilus cygnea*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Mytilus cygneus*	Linnaeus, 1758	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: dammusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: brede zwanrmossel; zwanemossel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: swan mussel

Swedish: större dammussla

Literature

basis of record	Daunys, D.; Zemlys, P.; Olenin, S.; Zaiko, A.; Ferrarin, C. (2006). Impact of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha invasion on the budget of suspended material in a shallow lagoon ecosystem. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 113-120.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (622 publications)
GenBank (37 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G. (2014). Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234103

Dr Rafael Araujo. Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=338071