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Pisidium subtruncatum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Heterodonta

Suborder
  
Sphaeriacea

Scientific name
  
Pisidium subtruncatum

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Veneroida

Family
  
Sphaeriidae

Higher classification
  
Pisidium

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Similar
  
Pisidium nitidum, Pisidium casertanum, Pisidium, Pisidium milium, Pisidium henslowanum

Pisidium subtruncatum is a species of pill clam, a minute freshwater bivalve in the family Sphaeriidae.

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Description

The 2.7 - 4 mm shell is moderately tumid (swollen). In shape it is a strongly oblique oval. The umbos are prominent and well behind the middle. The surface is silky glossy with fine, irregular ribbing. In colour it is whitish to greyish.

Distribution

Its native distribution is Holarctic.

  • Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, least concern (LC)
  • Germany - distributed in whole Germany but in 2 states in red list (Rote Liste BRD).
  • Nordic countries: Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
  • Great Britain and Ireland

    • References

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