Sphaerium solidum

Sphaerium solidum, the solid orb mussel, is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.

Sphaerium solidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Sphaeriida
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Sphaerium
Species:
S. solidum
Binomial name
Sphaerium solidum
(Normand, 1844)

Distribution and conservation status

  • Not listed in IUCN Red List – not evaluated (NE)[1]
  • Germany – critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht) [2]
  • Poland – endangered (EN)[3]
  • Slovakia

References

  1. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 30 May 2007.
  2. Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
  3. Sphaerium solidum - Polish Red Data Book of Animals
  • Stunžėnas, V., Petkeviciute, R. & Stanevičiūtė, G. Zhokhov, A.E. 2011. Phylogeny of Sphaerium solidum (Bivalvia) based on karyotype and sequences of 16S and ITS1 rDNA. Central European Journal of Biology 10:286. doi:10.2478/s11535-010-0101-6
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