About Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name: Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758). The species description is available via an external link to Animalbase, provided below. The native distribution of Anodonta anatina is European-Siberian, and it has been recorded in the following locations: Croatia; Czech Republic (found in both Bohemia and Moravia, listed as least concern (LC)); Germany (included on the Arten der Vorwarnliste, and listed as a specially protected species in annex 1 of the Bundesartenschutzverordnung); Great Britain; Isle of Man; Ireland (held by the National Biodiversity Data Centre, recorded at Lhen mouth between 1922–1925 and at Guilcagh in 1985, not protected by the Wildlife Act 1990; Ireland overall has records through much of the country); Netherlands; Russia (from Northwest European Russia to Siberia); Slovakia; Sweden (it is the most widely distributed large freshwater bivalve in Sweden); Spain; Finland.
