Sphaeriidae
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| Sphaeriidae | |
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| Shells of Sphaerium corneum. Scale bar is in mm. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Suborder: | Sphaeriacea |
| Family: | Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855 |
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The Sphaeriidae are a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs, in the order Veneroida. In the USA they are commonly known as the pea clams and the fingernail clams.[1][2]
[edit] Genera
Genera in the family Sphaeriidae include:
[edit] Ecology
- Parasites and/or predators: Sciomyzidae
[edit] References
- ^ Heard, William H. 1965. Comparative life histories of North American pill clams (Sphaeriidae: Pisidium). Malacologia, 2: 381-411.
- ^ Heard, William H. 1977. Reproduction of fingernail clams (Sphaeriidae: Sphaerium and Musculium). Malacologia, 16: 421-455.
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