Pisidium obtusale

Pisidium obtusale
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Sphaeriida
Family:	Sphaeriidae
Genus:	Pisidium
Species:	P. obtusale
Binomial name
	Pisidium obtusale; ( Lamarck, 1818)

Pisidium obtusale is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.

Description

The 2.5–3.5mm. shell is very tumid (swollen). It is an angular-oval shape with broad, rounded umbos which are behind the midpoint. The surface (periostracum) is glossy with fine concentric striae. Numerous pores are visible inside the shell. The colour is whitish to yellowish often coated with a red-brown deposit.

Distribution

Its native distribution is

Holarctic

.

near threatened (NT)^[2]

Germany – (Arten der Vorwarnliste)[3]
Nordic countries: Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden^[4]
Great Britain and Ireland^[5]

References

^ (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
^ Beran, L. (2002) Vodní měkkýši České Republiky - rozšíření a jeho změny, stanoviště, šíření, ohrožení a ochrana, červený seznam. Aquatic molluscs of the Czech Republic - distribution and its changes, habitats, dispersal, threat and protection, Red List. - Sborník přírodovědného klubu v Uherském Hradišti, Supplementum 10, 258 pp.
ISBN 3-923376-02-2

^ Kuiper, J. G. J.; Økland, K. A.; Knudsen, J.; Koli, L.; von Proschwitz, T.; Valovirta, I. (1989), "Geographical distribution of the small mussels (Sphaeriidae) in North Europe (Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden)" (PDF), Annales Zoologici Fennici, 26 (2): 73–101

^ Roy Anderson ,2005 An annotated list of the non-marine molluscs of Britain and Ireland Journal of Conchology, 38 (6): 607–637, (published 2005) [1].

External links

Pisidium obtusale at
Animalbase
taxonomy,short description, biology,status (threats), images

Images at BOLD.

Pisidium obtusale illustrated in Danmarks Fauna (Georg Mandahl-Barth)

Taxon identifiers
Pisidium obtusale

Wikidata: Q3013938

BioLib: 3025

BOLD: 457286

CoL: 8S4B7

EoL: 4762510

EUNIS: 101423

Fauna Europaea: 337932

Fauna Europaea (new): 29427448-dbab-423c-9db1-902ceff6bdae

GBIF: 4559693

iNaturalist: 151685

IUCN: 156122

NBN: NBNSYS0000006797

NCBI: 457828

Open Tree of Life: 720170

Paleobiology Database: 307506

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[Horsák_2010-1] (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.

[2] Beran, L. (2002) Vodní měkkýši České Republiky - rozšíření a jeho změny, stanoviště, šíření, ohrožení a ochrana, červený seznam. Aquatic molluscs of the Czech Republic - distribution and its changes, habitats, dispersal, threat and protection, Red List. - Sborník přírodovědného klubu v Uherském Hradišti, Supplementum 10, 258 pp.

[3] ISBN 3-923376-02-2

[kuiper1989-4] Kuiper, J. G. J.; Økland, K. A.; Knudsen, J.; Koli, L.; von Proschwitz, T.; Valovirta, I. (1989), "Geographical distribution of the small mussels (Sphaeriidae) in North Europe (Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden)" (PDF), Annales Zoologici Fennici, 26 (2): 73–101

[5] Roy Anderson ,2005 An annotated list of the non-marine molluscs of Britain and Ireland Journal of Conchology, 38 (6): 607–637, (published 2005) [1].

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