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Anodonta is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Species (and previous species)

Species in this genus include:

Anodonta anatina Linné, 1758 – duck mussel
Anodonta beringiana Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon floater; now Beringiana beringiana
Anodonta californiensis I. Lea, 1852 – California floater
Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817 – eastern floater; now Pyganodon cataracta
Anodonta cowperiana I. Lea, 1840 – barrel floater
Anodonta cygnea Linné, 1758 – swan mussel
Anodonta dejecta Lewis, 1875 – woebegone floater; synonym for A. californiensis
Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824 – inflated floater; now Pyganodon gibbosa
Anodonta hartfieldorum J. D. Williams, Bogan & Garner, 2009 ^[1]- Cypress Floater
Anodonta heardi M. E. Gordon and Hoeh, 1995 – Apalachicola floater; now Utterbackia heardi
Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 – Paper pondshell ; now Utterbackia imbecillis ^[2]
Anodonta implicata Say, 1829 – alewife floater; now Utterbackiana implicata ^[3]
Anodonta kennerlyi I. Lea, 1860 – western floater
Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838 – winged floater
Anodonta oregonensis I. Lea, 1838 – Oregon floater
Anodonta peggyae Johnson, 1965 – Florida floater; now Utterbackia peggyae
Anodonta pseudodopsis Locard, 1883 – synonym for A. anatina ^[4]
Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 - flat floater; now Utterbackiana suborbiculata ^[3]
Anodonta wahlamatensis I. Lea, 1838 – Willamette floater; synonym for Anodonta nuttalliana^[5]