| Pisidium casertanum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Sphaeriida |
| Superfamily: | Sphaerioidea |
| Family: | Sphaeriidae |
| Genus: | Pisidium |
| Species: | P. casertanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) | |
| Synonyms | |
Cardium casertanumPoli, 1791 Contents | |
Pisidium casertanum, the pea cockle or pea clam, is a minute freshwater bivalve mollusc of the family Sphaeriidae.
The shell is broad, sub-triangular or oval and is ornamented with sculpture of faint concentric striations. The umbos are slightly behind the middle. The Periostracum is silky, scarcely glossy. In colour it is whitish to grey-brown and often the shell is coated with reddish-brown deposits.
The shell is of similar shape to Sphaerium novaezelandiae but is smaller as an adult, more inflated, with a deeper hinge-plate, stronger teeth, and the ligament is not visible externally.
Length is up to 4.5 mm, height 3.7 mm, and thickness 2.3 mm.
It has a cosmopolitan distribution and is perhaps the world's widely distributed non-marine mollusc.
The depressed river mussel or compressed river mussel, Pseudanodonta complanata, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. The species name comes from the flattened shape of its shell.
Unio crassus, the thick shelled river mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
The swan mussel, Anodonta cygnea, is a large species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
The shining ram's-horn snail, Segmentina nitida, is a species of minute, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.
Sphaerium corneum, also known as the European fingernailclam, is a very small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams.
Viviparus contectus, common name Lister's river snail, is a species of large, freshwater snail with an operculum and a gill, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.
Pisidium tenuilineatum, the fine-lined pea mussel, is a species of very small freshwater bivalve in the family Sphaeriidae.
Sphaerium rivicola, the river orb mussel, is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.
Musculium lacustre is a species of small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams.
Pisidium amnicum is a species of very small freshwater clam, sometimes known as the greater European peaclam or the River pea shell. It is an aquatic bivalve in the family Sphaeriidae.
Pisidium hibernicum is a species of freshwater bivalve from the family Sphaeriidae.
Pisidium moitessierianum is a species of minute freshwater clam. It is an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae.
Pisidium milium is a species of very small freshwater bivalve in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams.
Pisidium supinum is a species of minute freshwater clam, a pea clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae
Pisidium pseudosphaerium is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.
Pisidium subtruncatum is a species of pill clam, a minute freshwater bivalve in the family Sphaeriidae.
Pisidium henslowanum is a species of very small freshwater clam or pea clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae. It is commonly referred to as the Henslow peaclam.
Pisidium nitidum, the shining pea clam, is a species of minute freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae, the pea clams and fingernail clams.
Pisidium personatum is a species of freshwater bivalve from the family Sphaeriidae.
Pisidium obtusale is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.
