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Anodontoides
Sign in to saveAnodontoides is a genus of freshwater mussels, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderUnionida
- FamilyUnionidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 21
- Family
- Unionidae
- Collections
- OMNH, USNM, OSUM, UF, UMMZ
- Recorded in
- United States, Uruguay
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Anodontoides is a genus of freshwater mussels, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
==Species== Species within the genus Anodontoides: Anodontoides denigratus (Lea, 1852) Anodontoides ferussacianus (I. Lea, 1834) — Found in creeks and small rivers usually with high concentrations of mud and sand.
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