| Pisidium moitessierianum | |
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NE[1]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Suborder: | Sphaeriacea |
| Family: | Sphaeriidae |
| Genus: | Pisidium |
| Species: | P. moitessierianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pisidium moitessierianum Paladilhe, 1866 |
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Pisidium moitessierianum is a species of minute freshwater clam. It is an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae.
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This species is the smallest of the pea clams or Pisidium species, and the smallest of any freshwater bivalve, at 2.5 mm adult size.
The species is native to Europe, but has been introduced to northeastern North America.