Depressed river mussel
| Depressed river mussel | |
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| Left valve of Pseudanodonta complanata showing close-up of rugae on the umbo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Pseudanodonta |
| Species: | P. complanata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)
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| Distribution of Pseudanodonta complanata in Europe. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1835 | |
The depressed river mussel or compressed river mussel, Pseudanodonta complanata, is a
shell
.
This species is found throughout northern Europe, but it is
endangered
throughout its range.
While the survival of this species is thought to be threatened by
Anodonta cygnea
) and thus it may be actually be more prevalent than current records show.
Distribution
Its native distribution is European. It has been recorded from:
- Estonia - present.
- Finland - not uncommon.
- Germany
- critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht)[5]
- Listed as strictly protected species and as specially protected species in annex 1 in Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
- Netherlands - present[6]
- Poland - endangered[7]
- Slovakia[2] - endangered[8]
- United Kingdom - see Action plan for Pseudanodonta complanata, (British Isles - listed in List of endangered species in the British Isles)
- Sweden - rare[9]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pseudanodonta complanata.
- . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
- ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
- ^ tiscali.cz), Michal Manas (michal.manas [at]. "Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". mollusca.sav.sk.
- ISBN 3-923376-02-2
- ^ "Anemoon > Flora en Fauna > Soorteninformatie". www.anemoon.org.
- ^ "Pseudanodonta complanata - Polish Red Data Book of Animals". Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
- ^ (in Czech) Měkkýši (Mollusca) České republiky a Slovenska Archived 2012-05-29 at archive.today
- ^ "Cited February 16, 2007". Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2007.
- Polish Red Data Book of Animals: Pseudanodonta complanata Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Action plan for Pseudanodonta complanata
- Nature Navigator: Detail of Depressed River Mussel Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
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