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Pisidium stewarti

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Species of bivalve

Pisidium stewarti
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Sphaeriida
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Pisidium
Species: P. stewarti
Binomial name
Pisidium stewarti
Preston, 1909

Pisidium stewarti is a species of small freshwater clam. It is an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams.

Distribution

This minute clam, which is known in Europe as a decidedly Pleistocene glacial species, has also been identified as a Recent species in the Central Asian high mountainous massifs of Tien Shan, the Pamir Mountains and the Himalaya.

The recent distribution includes:

References

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  1. ^ Bogan A. (2011). "Pisidium stewarti. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ^ Meng, S.; Hoffmann, M. H. (2009). "Pupilla loessica Ložek 1954 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae) – "A Living Fossil" in Central Asia?"". E&G Quaternary Science Journal. 58 (1): 55–69. doi:10.3285/eg.58.1.03. hdl:11858/00-1735-0000-0001-B909-5.
Taxon identifiers
Pisidium stewarti


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