MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

ERMS taxon details

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

234103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234103)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Anodonta Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234103 on 2026-05-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234103 on 2026-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 08:42:16Z

created

Martinez, Olga

2008-09-09 12:53:10Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-12-14 17:05:56Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2018-03-10 06:19:35Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-09-01 07:44:44Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors

additional source Froufe, E.; Lopes-Lima, M.; Riccardi, N.; Zaccara, S.; Vanetti, I.; Lajtner, J.; Teixeira, A.; Varandas, S.; Prié, V.; Zieritz, A.; Sousa, R.; Bogan, A. E. (2017). Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast. Biodiversity and Conservation. 26(14): 3255-3274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1403-z [details]