| Musculium | |
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| Musculium lacustre | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Sphaeriida |
| Superfamily: | Sphaerioidea |
| Family: | Sphaeriidae |
| Genus: | Musculium Link, 1807 |
| Species | |
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Musculium is a genus of small freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams. [1]
Species and subgenera within this genera include:
Subgenus Musculium Link, 1807
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