Sphaerium solidum

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Sphaerium solidum
Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Suborder: Sphaeriacea
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Sphaerium
Subgenus: Cyrenastrum
Species: S. solidum
Binomial name
Sphaerium solidum
(Normand, 1844)

Solid Orb Mussel, Sphaerium solidum is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.

[edit] Distribution and conservation status

  • Germany - critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht) [2]
  • Poland - endangered (EN)[3]
  • Slovakia

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 30 May 2007.
  2. ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
  3. ^ Sphaerium solidum - Polish Red Data Book of Animals

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