Sphaerium novaezelandiae

Sphaerium novaezelandiae is a very small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc, in the family Sphaeriidae, sometimes known as the fingernail clams.

Sphaerium novaezelandiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Sphaeriida
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Sphaerium
Species:
S. novaezelandiae
Binomial name
Sphaerium novaezelandiae
Deshayes, 1854
Synonyms

Sphaerium novae-zelandiae Deshayes, 1854
Sphaerium lenticular Dunker, 1862
Sphaerium novae-zelandiae Suter, 1913

References

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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