Pisidium tenuilineatum
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Pisidium tenuilineatum, the fine-lined pea mussel, is a species of very small freshwater bivalve
in the family Sphaeriidae
.
Freshwater bivalve
Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater molluscs. They are bivalves which live in freshwater, as opposed to saltwater. Although the majority of species of bivalve molluscs live in the sea, a number of different families of bivalves live in freshwater...
in the family Sphaeriidae
Sphaeriidae
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.-Genera:Genera in the family Sphaeriidae include:* Musculium...
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Distribution
The species is native to Europe.- British Isles - listed in List of endangered species in the British Isles. It is rare in Great Britain.
- Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, critically endangered
- Germany - high endangered (Stark gefährdet)
- Poland - Near ThreatenedNear ThreatenedNear Threatened is a conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa that may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status...
(NT, mentioned as lower risk LR) - Netherlands
- Slovakia - endangered
- and other states
Further reading
- Kuiper J.G.J. (1981). "The distribution of Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox and Pisidium annandalei Prashad in the Mediterranean area". Basteria, Leiden, 45: 79-84.