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Sphaeriidae is a
family of
small to
minute freshwater bivalve molluscs in the
order Sphaeriida. In the US, they are
commonly known as pea
clams or fingernail...
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produce a
single large egg at a time. The
family used to be
known as "
Sphaeriidae", but the name was
preoccupied by a
family of
freshwater clams. The name...
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molluscs in the
family Sphaeriidae, the pea
clams and
fingernail clams. In some
bivalve classification systems, the
family Sphaeriidae is
referred to as Pisidiidae...
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Margaritiferidae Mycetopodidae Unionidae Veneroida Cardiidae Corbiculidae Sphaeriidae Dreissenidae Solenidae Donacidae Navavulidae Myoida Corbulidae Erodonidae...
- tiny
Heleobia spp.) and less than half a
dozen bivalves (all in
family Sphaeriidae), but in
general these are very
poorly known and
their taxonomy is in...
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about half of these, all in the
families Euglesidae, Pisidiidae, and
Sphaeriidae, are
endemic (the only
other family in the lake is the
Unionidae with...
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Ilione lineata feeds obligately on pea
mussels and
finger nail
clams (
Sphaeriidae).
Fauna Europaea Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the...
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muscular foot to move around, or to dig,
members of the
freshwater family Sphaeriidae are
exceptional in that
these small clams climb about quite nimbly on...
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small freshwater clam, an
aquatic bivalve mollusk in the
family Sphaeriidae, the
fingernail clams. The s**** is
fairly globular and can grow up to...
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Sphaerium nucleus is a
freshwater bivalve of the
family Sphaeriidae. It has been
often confused with
Sphaerium corneum and is
consequently quite poorly...
