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Swan mussel
Conservation status
Swan mussel
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Anodonta
Species:
A. cygnea
Binomial name
Anodonta cygnea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution of Anodonta cygnea in Europe.

The swan mussel, Anodonta cygnea, is a large species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Because of its morphological variability and its wide range of distribution, there are over 500 synonyms for this species.[2]

  1. ^ Lopes-Lima , M. (2014). "Anodonta cygnea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T156066A21400900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T156066A21400900.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Certain Mussel Species Have been Over-Named". The MUSSEL Project. 28 December 2007. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

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