Pisidium artifex

Pisidium artifex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Pisidium
Species: P. artifex
Binomial name
Pisidium artifex
Kuiper, 1960

Pisidium artifex is a species of freshwater clam in the family Sphaeriidae. It is endemic to Kenya, where it is known only from Mount Kenya. It lives in water bodies at an elevation of 4300 meters.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lange, C. 2010. Pisidium artifex. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 03 September 2014.
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