Anodonta (freshwater mussel)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Synonym: Gabillotia Servain 1891

Parent taxon: Unionidae according to L. S. Russell 1935

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Marshall et al. 2025 and Shoshani et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Acuneopsis, Alasmidontinae, Ambleminae, Coelatura, Coelaturinae, Comptio, Cuneopsis, Danlengiconcha, Elongaria, Eocuneopsis, Eolamprotula, Gonideinae, Jishuiconcha, Lamprotula, Liopotomida, Liovetulonaia, Luochengella, Modellnaiinae, Ningxiaconcha, Paranodonta, Parreysiinae, Periodunio, Plicatounio, Potomida, Proparreysia, Pseudelliptio, Psilounio, Qianweiella, Qiyangia, Qiyangiinae, Quadrula, Radioplicata, Rectidentinae, Rhabdotophorus, Shifangella, Shistodesmus, Solenaia, Tuberonaia, Undulatula, Unionelloides, Unioninae, Wulongiconcha, Yunnanoconcha

Subtaxa: Anodonta arnoldi Anodonta cygnea Anodonta kettlemanensis Anodonta lignitica Anodonta nitida Anodonta truncilla

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), United States (4: California, Florida, Michigan)

• Villafranchian of Slovakia (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of United States (2: California)

• Miocene of Germany (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)

• Oligocene of Japan (1)

• Eocene of Japan (3), Pakistan (3), United States (2: Texas, Washington)

Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences

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