Sphaeriidae

Taxobox
name = Sphaeriidae

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image_caption = "Sphaerium corneum. Scale bar is in mm"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
subclassis = Heterodonta
ordo = Veneroida
subordo = Sphaeriacea
familia = Sphaeriidae
familia_authority = Deshayes, 1855
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The Sphaeriidae are a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs, in the order Veneroida. In the USA they are commonly known as the pea clams and the fingernail clams.

Genera in the family Sphaeriidae

* "Musculium"
* "Pisidium"
* "Sphaerium"

Ecology

* Parasitees and/or predators: Sciomyzidae

References