Biology:Pisidium subtruncatum
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Short description: Species of bivalve
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| Drawing of the left valve internal view of Pisidium subtruncatum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Sphaeriida |
| Family: | Sphaeriidae |
| Genus: | Pisidium |
| Species: | P. subtruncatum
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| Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855
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Pisidium subtruncatum is a species of pill clam, a minute freshwater bivalve in the family Sphaeriidae.
Description
The 2.7 – 4 mm shell is moderately tumid (swollen). In shape it is a strongly oblique oval. The umbos are prominent and well behind the middle. The surface is silky glossy with fine, irregular ribbing. In colour it is whitish to greyish.
Distribution
Its native distribution is Holarctic.
- Czech Republic – in Bohemia, in Moravia,[1] least concern (LC)[2]
- Germany – distributed in whole Germany but in 2 states in red list (Rote Liste BRD).[3]
- Nordic countries: Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden[4]
- Great Britain and Ireland[5]
References
- ↑ (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.
- ↑ Beran, L. (2002) Vodní měkkýši České Republiky - rozšíření a jeho změny, stanoviště, šíření, ohrožení a ochrana, červený seznam. Aquatic molluscs of the Czech Republic - distribution and its changes, habitats, dispersal, threat and protection, Red List. - Sborník přírodovědného klubu v Uherském Hradišti, Supplementum 10, 258 pp.
- ↑ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN:3-923376-02-2
- ↑ 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)", Annales Zoologici Fennici 26 (2): 73–101, http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anzf26/anz26-073-101.pdf
- ↑ Roy Anderson ,2005 An annotated list of the non-marine molluscs of Britain and Ireland Journal of Conchology, 38 (6): 607–637, (published 2005) [1].
External links
- Pisidium subtruncatum at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, biology,status (threats), images
- Images at BOLD.
- Pisidium subtruncatum illustrated in Danmarks Fauna (Georg Mandahl-Barth)
Wikidata ☰ Q3012800 entry
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