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Pisidium
Sign in to savePisidium 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.
Species
pea mussels
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderSphaeriida
- FamilySphaeriidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,333
- With media
- 245
- Family
- Sphaeriidae
- Collections
- PRI, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SDNHM, UTEP, LACM, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pisidiidae
- Image
- Pisidium pseudosphaerium.png
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- Pisidium
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Pisidium
- topic's main category
- Category:Pisidium
- taxon common name
- ertemuslinger
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- Taphonomy
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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.
In some bivalve classification systems, the family Sphaeriidae is referred to as Pisidiidae, and occasionally Pisidium species are grouped in a subfamily known as Pisidiinae.
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