Jump to content

Sphaerium novaezelandiae

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sphaerium novaezelandiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Sphaeriida
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Sphaerium
Species:
S. novaezelandiae
Binomial name
Sphaerium novaezelandiae
Deshayes, 1854
Synonyms

Sphaerium novae-zelandiae Deshayes, 1854
Sphaerium lenticular Dunker, 1862
Sphaerium novae-zelandiae Suter, 1913

Sphaerium novaezelandiae is a very small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc, in the family Sphaeriidae, sometimes known as the fingernail clams. Its native to New Zealand

References

[edit]
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1