Pisidium nitidum | |
---|---|
Drawing of the left valve external view of Pisidium nitidum | |
Conservation status | |
NE[1]
|
|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Subclass: | Heterodonta |
Order: | Veneroida |
Suborder: | Sphaeriacea |
Family: | Sphaeriidae |
Genus: | Pisidium |
Species: | P. nitidum |
Binomial name | |
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.
It's native distribution is Holarctic.