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Pisidium stewarti

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

Distribution

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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.[2]

The recent distribution includes:

References

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This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference[2]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.