Pisidium nitidum
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| Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832 |
Pisidium nitidum or the "shining pea clam" is a species of minute freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae, the pea clams and fingernail clams.
The adult size of the shell of this species is 3 mm.
[edit] Distribution and conservation status
- Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE)[1]
It's native distribution is Holarctic.
- Czech Republic - least concern (LC)[2]
- Germany - distributed in whole Germany, endangered (gefährdet) in Bavaria and Arten der Vorwarnliste in Brandenburg.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 17 May 2007.
- ^ Beran, L. (2002) Vodní měkkýši České Republiky - rozšíření a jeho změny, stanoviště, šíření, ohrožení a ochrana, červený seznam. Aquatic moluscs of the Czech Republic - distribution and its changes, habitats, dispersal, threat and protection, Red List. - Sborník přírodovědného klubu v Uherském Hradišti, Supplementum 10, 258 pp.
- ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
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