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Pisidium supinum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Heterodonta

Suborder
  
Sphaeriacea

Scientific name
  
Pisidium supinum

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Veneroida

Family
  
Sphaeriidae

Higher classification
  
Pisidium

Similar
  
Pisidium henslowanum, Pisidium moitessierianum, Pisidium, Pisidium hibernicum, Pisidium nitidum

Pisidium supinum is a species of minute freshwater clam, a pea clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae (the fingernail clams and pea clams.)

The shell of this species is 3 to 5 mm in size, and is roughly triangular in shape.

Distribution

Its native distribution is Palearctic.

  • Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, vulnerable (VU)
  • Germany - endangered (gefährdet)
  • Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland (endangered), Norway and Sweden (not recorded in Faroes, Iceland)

    • References

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