Sphaeriidae

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Sphaeriidae
Sphaerium corneum. Scale bar is in mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Subclass: Heterodonta Order: Veneroida Suborder: Sphaeriacea Family: Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855

The Sphaeriidae are a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs, in the order Veneroida. In the USA they are commonly known as the pea clams and the fingernail clams. ^[1][2]

[edit] Genera in the family Sphaeriidae

• Musculium
• Pisidium
• Sphaerium

[edit] Ecology

• Parasites and/or predators: Sciomyzidae

[edit] References

1. ^ Heard, William H. 1965. Comparative life histories of North American pill clams (Sphaeriidae: Pisidium). Malacologia, 2: 381-411.
2. ^ Heard, William H. 1977. Reproduction of fingernail clams (Sphaeriidae: Sphaerium and Musculium). Malacologia, 16: 421-455.

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