Sphaerium solidum explained

Sphaerium solidum, the solid orb mussel, is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.

Distribution and conservation status

• Listed in IUCN Red List – Assessed in 2012 as NT (near threatened)^[1]
• Germany – critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht) ^[2]
• Poland – endangered (EN)^[3]
• Slovakia

Sources

• Stunžėnas . Virmantas . Petkevičiūtė . Romualda . Stanevičiūtė . Gražina . Phylogeny of Sphaerium solidum (Bivalvia) based on karyotype and sequences of 16S and ITS1 rDNA . Open Life Sciences . Walter de Gruyter GmbH . 6 . 1 . 2010-12-21 . 2391-5412 . 10.2478/s11535-010-0101-6 . 105–117. free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012-03-05 . Sphaerium solidum: Van Damme, D., Killeen, I. & von Proschwitz, T. . 2024-05-22 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
2. Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109,
3. http://www.iop.krakow.pl/pckz/opis.asp?id=126&je=en Sphaerium solidum - Polish Red Data Book of Animals