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Pisidium  L. Pfeiffer, 1821
Taxonomic Serial No.: 81400

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderSphaeriida   
                            SuperfamilySphaerioidea Deshayes, 1855  
                               FamilySphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855  
                                  GenusPisidium L. Pfeiffer, 1821  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Pisidium adamsi Stimpson, 1851 – Adam peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium amnicum (Muller, 1774) – greater European peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) – ubiquitous peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852 – ridged-beak peaclam, ridgebeak peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium conventus Clessin, 1877 – Alpine peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 1895 – ornamented peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium dubium (Say, 1817) – greater eastern peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium equilaterale Prime, 1852 – round peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium fallax Sterki, 1896 – river peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium ferrugineum Prime, 1852 – rusty peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium henslowanum (Sheppard, 1825) – Henslow peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium idahoense E. W. Roper, 1890 – giant northern peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium insigne Gabb, 1868 – tiny peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium lilljeborgi (Clessin, 1886) – Lilljeborg peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium milium Held, 1836 – quadrangular pillclam 
                                     Species Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832 – shiny peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium punctatum Sterki, 1895 – perforated peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium punctiferum (Guppy, 1867) – striate peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium rotundatum Prime, 1852 – fat peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium sanguinichristi Taylor, 1987 – Sangre de Cristo peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855 – short-ended peaclam, shortended peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium supinum Schmidt, 1850 – humpbacked peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium ultramontanum Prime, 1865 – montane peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852 – triangular peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium ventricosum Prime, 1851 – globular peaclam 
                                     Species Pisidium walkeri Sterki, 1895 – Walker peaclam 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Paul V. Scott  
  Notes: Senior Associate Curator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, USA   
  Reference for: Pisidium    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pisidium   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Millard, V.  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Classification of Mollusca: A classification of world wide Mollusca   
  Page(s): 1-544   
  Publisher: Victor Millard   
  Publication Place: South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-620-21261-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pisidium   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pisidium   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A classification of the living Mollusca   
  Page(s): xii+195   
  Publisher: American Malacologists, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Melbourne, FL, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-915826-22-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pisidium   
       

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