Sphaerium

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Sphaerium
Sphaerium corneum.jpg
Sphaerium corneum
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Live Sphaerium sp. moving around with its foot. Collected from a pond in Portland, Oregon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Sphaeriida
Superfamily: Sphaerioidea
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Sphaerium
Scopoli, 1777
Species

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Sphaerium is a genus of very small freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Sphaeriidae, known as the fingernail clams. The small clams in this genus are unusual in that many of them, such as Sphaerium corneum , can climb around underwater on aquatic plants, using their long and strong foot.

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<i>Sphaerium corneum</i> Species of bivalve

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.

Bithyniidae Family of gastropods

Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.

<i>Pisidium</i> Genus of bivalves

Pisidium is a genus of very small or minute freshwater clams known as pill clams or pea clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Sphaeriidae, the pea clams and fingernail clams.

Anceya is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.

Bridouxia rotundata is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.

<i>Ferrissia</i> Genus of gastropods

Ferrissia is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

<i>Melanoides admirabilis</i> Species of gastropod

Melanoides admirabilis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

Melanoides pergracilis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

Stormsia minima is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.

<i>Theodoxus</i>

Theodoxus is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Anisus</i> Genus of gastropods

Anisus is a genus of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Planorbinae of the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.

<i>Bellamya</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Bellamya is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae.

<i>Lentorbis</i> Genus of gastropods

Lentorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Pisidium stewarti is a species of minute freshwater clam. It is an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams.

References

  1. Nicayeniz, F., Lange, C.N. & Ngereza, C. 2004. Sphaerium bequaerti. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 March 2007. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/44255/0
  2. Sphaerium rhomboideum at mussel-project.uwsp.edu
  3. Lange, C.N. & Ngereza, C. 2004. Sphaerium stuhlmanni. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 March 2007. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/44256/0
  4. Loris S. Russell (1976). "Pelecypods of the Hell Creek Formation (Uppermost Cretaceous) of Garfield County, Montana". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 13 (2): 365–388. Bibcode:1976CaJES..13..365R. doi:10.1139/e76-039.