Pisidium stewarti
| Pisidium stewarti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Sphaeriida |
| Family: | Sphaeriidae |
| Genus: | Pisidium |
| Species: | P. stewarti
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| Binomial name | |
| Pisidium stewarti Preston, 1909
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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[edit]
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[edit]
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference[2]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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