Musculium

Musculium is a genus of small freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams.[1]

Musculium
Musculium lacustre
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Sphaeriida
Superfamily: Sphaerioidea
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Musculium
Link, 1807
Species

See text.

Species

Species and subgenera within this genera include:

Subgenus Musculium Link, 1807

Subgenus ?

  • Musculium forbesi (Philippi, 1869)
  • Musculium lauricochae (Philippi, 1869)
  • Musculium titicacense (Pilsbry, 1924)

References

  1. Hornbach, Daniel J.; McLeod, M. J.; Guttman, S. I. (1980-09-01). "On the validity of the genus Musculium (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae): electrophoretic evidence". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 58 (9): 1703–1707. doi:10.1139/z80-233. ISSN 0008-4301.


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