Sphaerium rivicola

{{Short description|Species of bivalve}}

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| genus = Sphaerium

| species = rivicola

| authority = (Lamarck, 1818)

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Sphaerium rivicola, the river orb mussel, is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.

Distribution

Its native distribution is European.

  • Czech Republic – in Bohemia, in Moravia,{{in lang|cs}} 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. [http://mollusca.sav.sk/pdf/9/Suppl-1.pdf PDF]. endangeredRed List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm
  • Germany – highly endangered (Stark gefährdet)Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, {{ISBN|3-923376-02-2}}

References

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rivicola

Category:Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Category:Bivalves described in 1818

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