Sphaerium rivicola

River Orb Mussel
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Suborder: Sphaeriacea
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Sphaerium
Subgenus: Amesoda
Species: S. rivicola
Binomial name
Sphaerium rivicola
(Lamarck, 1818)

The River Orb Mussel (Sphaerium rivicola) is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.

Distribution

Its native distribution is European.

References

  1. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 17 May 2007.
  2. (Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
  3. Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm
  4. Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2

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