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Pisidium pseudosphaerium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Heterodonta

Suborder
  
Sphaeriacea

Scientific name
  
Pisidium pseudosphaerium

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Veneroida

Family
  
Sphaeriidae

Higher classification
  
Pisidium

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Similar
  
Pisidium hibernicum, Pisidium, Pisidium moitessierianum, Pisidium obtusale, Pisidium milium

Pisidium pseudosphaerium is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.

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Description

The 2.5-3.2mm. shell is a flattened, regular, slightly angulated oval shape with low central umbos.The surface is silky with very fine concentric striations.In colour it is straw-yellow with scattered red-brown deposits.

Distribution

Its native distribution is central-European and western-European.

  • Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, critically endangered (CR)
  • Germany - critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht)
  • Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland (near threatened), Norway and Sweden (not recorded in Faroes, Iceland)
  • Great Britain and Ireland

    • References

    Pisidium pseudosphaerium Wikipedia
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