Sphaeriidae (Mollusks)
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Name (Hebrew)
רכיכות: Sphaeriidae
Name (Latin)
Sphaeriidae (Mollusks)
Name (Arabic)
محاريات ظفرية
Other forms of name
Clams, Fingernail
Clams, Nut
Clams, Pea
Clams, Pill
Cycladidae
Euperidae
Fingernail clams
Nut clams
Nutclams
Pea clams
Peaclams
Pill clams
nne Pisidiidae
Sphaeriid clams
Sphaeriids
See Also From tracing topical name
Veneroida
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q16677716
Library of congress:
sh 88021238
Sources of Information
- 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)