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Pisidium personatum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Sphaeriidae

Subgenus
  
Euglesa

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

Subclass
  
Heterodonta

Suborder
  
Sphaeriacea

Genus
  
Pisidium

Scientific name
  
Pisidium personatum

Higher classification
  
Pisidium

Order
  
Veneroida

Similar
  
Pisidium, Pisidium milium, Pisidium casertanum, Pisidium subtruncatum, Pisidium nitidum

Pisidium personatum is a species of freshwater bivalve from the Family Sphaeriidae.

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Description

The 2.5-3.5mm. shell is a characteristic round-regular oval shape. It has centrally placed low, rounded umbos . The surface (periostracum) is dull or silky with very fine irregular concentric striations. The colour is yellowish to greyish but it is invariably coated in a red-brown to dark brown deposit.

Distribution

Its native distribution is European-Siberian.

  • Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, least concern (LC)
  • Germany - distributed in all of Germany but in 5 states in red list (Rote Liste BRD).
  • Nordic countries: Denmark, Faroes, Finland (near threatened), Iceland, Norway and Sweden
  • Great Britain and Ireland

    • References

    Pisidium personatum Wikipedia
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