| LC control no. | sh 88021238 |
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| LC classification | QL430.7.S65 |
| Topical heading | Sphaeriidae (Mollusks) |
| Variant(s) | Clams, Fingernail Clams, Nut Clams, Pea Clams, Pill Cycladidae Euperidae Fingernail clams Nut clams Nutclams Pea clams Peaclams Pill clams Pisidiidae Sphaeriid clams Sphaeriids |
| See also | Veneroida |
| Found in | Mackie, G.L. Biology of freshwater corbiculid and sphaeriid clams of North America, 2007: p. 202 (in 1985 the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature placed Sphaeriidae on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology; henceforth, Sphaeriidae should be used as the family name for fingernail and pill clams; Sphaeriidae also family name within Insecta) p. 207 (Sphaeriidae replaces Pisidiidae) NCBI taxonomy browser, via WWW, July 7, 2008 (Sphaeriidae. Rank: family. Superfamily Corbiculoidea, order Veneroida, class Bivalvia; includes genera: Eupera, Musculium, Pisidium, Sphaerium) Field guide to freshwater mussels of the Midwest, 1992: p. 172 (Fingernailclams and peaclams (family Sphaeridae); Musculum, Pisidium and Sphaerium; other common names: peaclams, nutclams) |
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