Pisidium stewarti
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| Pisidium stewarti Preston, 1909
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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.
Distribution
This minute clam, which is known in Europe as a decidedly Pleistocene glacial species, has also been identified as a Recent species in the Central Asian high mountainous massifs of Tien Shan, the Pamir Mountains, and the Himalaya.[2]
The Recent distribution includes:
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference[2]
- ^ a b Bogan A. (2011). "Pisidium stewarti. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 1 November 2012.
- ^ a b Meng, S.; Hoffmann, M. H. (2009). "Pupilla loessica Ložek 1954 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae) – "A Living Fossil" in Central Asia?"". Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart Quaternary Science Journal. 58 (1): 55–69. doi:10.3285/eg.58.1.03.
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