Sphaerium lacustre

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Sphaerium lacustre
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Sphaeriida
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Sphaerium
Species:
S. lacustre
Binomial name
Sphaerium lacustre
Synonyms
List
  • Calyculina clessiniClessin, 1882
  • Calyculina deformis(H. F. Carpenter, 1902)
  • Calyculina hungaricaHazay, 1880
  • Calyculina jayensis(Prime, 1852)
  • Calyculina lacustris(O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Calyculina lacustris var. septentrionalisClessin, 1876
  • Calyculina raymondiJ. G. Cooper, 1892
  • Calyculina rosacea(Prime, 1852)
  • Calyculina ryckholti(Normand, 1844)
  • Calyculina rykholtiiClessin, 1879
  • Calyculina rykholtii var. gallicaClessin, 1879
  • Cyclas (Securilla) lacustris(O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Cyclas calyculataDraparnaud, 1805
  • Cyclas calyculata var. compressaMiddendorff, 1851
  • Cyclas crepliniDunker, 1845
  • Cyclas jayensisPrime, 1852
  • Cyclas rosaceaPrime, 1852
  • Cyclas ryckholtiNormand, 1844
  • Cyclas ryckholti var. mucronulataMoquin-Tandon, 1856
  • Cyclas steiniiA. Schmidt, 1850
  • Cyclas strictumNormand, 1854
  • Cyclas terverianaDupuy, 1849
  • Musculium (Musculium) clessini(Paulucci, 1882)
  • Musculium (Musculium) compressum(Middendorff, 1851)
  • Musculium (Musculium) creplini(Dunker, 1845)
  • Musculium (Musculium) hungaricum(Hazay, 1880)
  • Musculium (Musculium) lacustre(O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Musculium (Musculium) mucronulatum(Moquin-Tandon, 1856)
  • Musculium (Musculium) ryckholti(Normand, 1844)
  • Musculium (Musculium) steinii(A. Schmidt, 1850)
  • Musculium (Musculium) strictum(Normand, 1854)
  • Musculium (Musculium) terverianum(Dupuy, 1849)
  • Musculium clessini(Paulucci, 1882)
  • Musculium compressum(Middendorff, 1851)
  • Musculium creplini(Dunker, 1845)
  • Musculium decliveSterki, 1912
  • Musculium hungaricum(Hazay, 1880)
  • Musculium lacustre(O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Musculium mucronulatum(Moquin-Tandon, 1856)
  • Musculium pusillumSterki, 1910
  • Musculium rosaceum(Prime, 1852)
  • Musculium rosaceum var. fuliginosumSterki, 1916
  • Musculium ryckholti(Normand, 1844)
  • Musculium strictum(Normand, 1854)
  • Musculium terverianum(Dupuy, 1849)
  • Musculium winkleyiSterki, 1909
  • Sphaerium (Musculium) lacustre(O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Sphaerium deformisH. F. Carpenter, 1902
  • Sphaerium hispanicumBourguignat, 1870
  • Sphaerium lenticulaPrime, 1862
  • Sphaerium maroccanumPallary, 1899
  • Sphaerium raymondiJ. G. Cooper, 1892
  • Tellina lacustrisO. F. Müller, 1774
  • Tellina stagnicolaSheppard, 1825
  • Tellina tuberculataAlten, 1812

Sphaerium lacustre, also known as lake fingernail clam, is species of small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams.

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Description

The 8–11 mm. shell is oval to quadrangular in shape. The umbos which are capped by the juvenile shell are slightly in front of middle directed forwards. The posterior end is broad and truncated. The shell is fragile, fairly glossy and pearl grey to white in colour. The periostracum (surface) is ornamented with fine, even, concentric striation.

Distribution

The native distribution of this species is Holarctic and occurs in islands and countries including:

References

  1. ↑ Seddon, M.B.; Killeen, I.; Madhyastha, A.; Mackie, G. (2017). "Musculium lacustre". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T155915A69490644. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T155915A69490644.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Ramdini Ramdane, Dirk Van Damme, Sadouk Ghania & Medjdoub-Bensaad Ferroudja (2020). "Rediscovery of Armiger crista (Linnaeus, 1857) (Gastropoda Planorbidae) in Algeria". Biodiversity Journal 11(4): 821–824.
  3. 1 2 (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca , Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
  4. ↑ Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm
  5. ↑ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN   3-923376-02-2
  6. ↑ Kuiper, J. G. J.; Økland, K. A.; Knudsen, J.; Koli, L.; von Proschwitz, T. & Valovirta, I. (1989), "Geographical distribution of the small mussels (Sphaeriidae) in North Europe (Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden)" (PDF), Annales Zoologici Fennici, 26 (2): 73–101


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