Sphaerium lacustre
Species of mollusc
Sphaerium lacustre
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Sphaeriida
Family:
Sphaeriidae
Genus:
Sphaerium
Species:
S. lacustre
Binomial name
Sphaerium lacustre
Synonyms
List
Calyculina clessini Clessin, 1882
Calyculina deformis (H. F. Carpenter, 1902)
Calyculina hungarica Hazay, 1880
Calyculina jayensis (Prime, 1852)
Calyculina lacustris (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Calyculina lacustris var. septentrionalis Clessin, 1876
Calyculina raymondi J. G. Cooper, 1892
Calyculina rosacea (Prime, 1852)
Calyculina ryckholti (Normand, 1844)
Calyculina rykholtii Clessin, 1879
Calyculina rykholtii var. gallica Clessin, 1879
Cyclas (Securilla ) lacustris (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud, 1805
Cyclas calyculata var. compressa Middendorff, 1851
Cyclas creplini Dunker, 1845
Cyclas jayensis Prime, 1852
Cyclas rosacea Prime, 1852
Cyclas ryckholti Normand, 1844
Cyclas ryckholti var. mucronulata Moquin-Tandon, 1856
Cyclas steinii A. Schmidt, 1850
Cyclas strictum Normand, 1854
Cyclas terveriana Dupuy, 1849
Musculium (Musculium ) clessini (Paulucci, 1882)
Musculium (Musculium ) compressum (Middendorff, 1851)
Musculium (Musculium ) creplini (Dunker, 1845)
Musculium (Musculium ) hungaricum (Hazay, 1880)
Musculium (Musculium ) lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Musculium (Musculium ) mucronulatum (Moquin-Tandon, 1856)
Musculium (Musculium ) ryckholti (Normand, 1844)
Musculium (Musculium ) steinii (A. Schmidt, 1850)
Musculium (Musculium ) strictum (Normand, 1854)
Musculium (Musculium ) terverianum (Dupuy, 1849)
Musculium clessini (Paulucci, 1882)
Musculium compressum (Middendorff, 1851)
Musculium creplini (Dunker, 1845)
Musculium declive Sterki, 1912
Musculium hungaricum (Hazay, 1880)
Musculium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Musculium mucronulatum (Moquin-Tandon, 1856)
Musculium pusillum Sterki, 1910
Musculium rosaceum (Prime, 1852)
Musculium rosaceum var. fuliginosum Sterki, 1916
Musculium ryckholti (Normand, 1844)
Musculium strictum (Normand, 1854)
Musculium terverianum (Dupuy, 1849)
Musculium winkleyi Sterki, 1909
Sphaerium (Musculium ) lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Sphaerium deformis H. F. Carpenter, 1902
Sphaerium hispanicum Bourguignat, 1870
Sphaerium lenticula Prime, 1862
Sphaerium maroccanum Pallary, 1899
Sphaerium raymondi J. G. Cooper, 1892
Tellina lacustris O. F. Müller, 1774
Tellina stagnicola Sheppard, 1825
Tellina tuberculata Alten, 1812
Sphaerium lacustre , also known as lake fingernail clam , is species of small freshwater clam , an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae , the fingernail clams and pea clams.
Description
The 8–11 mm. shell is oval to quadrangular in shape. The umbos which are capped by the juvenile shell are slightly in front of middle directed forwards. The posterior end is broad and truncated. The shell is fragile, fairly glossy and pearl grey to white in colour. The periostracum (surface) is ornamented with fine, even, concentric striation.
Distribution
The native distribution of this species is Holarctic and occurs in islands and countries including:
References
^ Seddon, M.B.; Killeen, I.; Madhyastha, A.; Mackie, G. (2017). "Musculium lacustre " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 : e.T155915A69490644. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T155915A69490644.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021 .
^ Ramdini Ramdane, Dirk Van Damme, Sadouk Ghania & Medjdoub-Bensaad Ferroudja (2020). "Rediscovery of Armiger crista (Linnaeus, 1857) (Gastropoda Planorbidae) in Algeria". Biodiversity Journal 11(4): 821–824.
^ a b (in 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 .
^ Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm
^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
^ Kuiper, J. G. J.; Økland, K. A.; Knudsen, J.; Koli, L.; von Proschwitz, T. & Valovirta, I. (1989), "Geographical distribution of the small mussels (Sphaeriidae) in North Europe (Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden)" (PDF) , Annales Zoologici Fennici , 26 (2): 73–101
External links