Species: Pisidium ferrugineum
Rusty Peaclam
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Veneroida
Family
Sphaeriidae
Genus
Pisidium
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Mollusks - Other Mollusks
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mollusca - Bivalvia - Veneroida - Sphaeriidae - Pisidium
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2011-03-17
Global Status Last Changed
2004-03-16
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
GH - 200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles) - GH - It is widespread across northern North America occurring in Canada in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon; and in the United States in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming; with fossil occurrences in Kansas, Ohio, Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois (Mackie et al., 2007).
Global Range Code
GH
Global Range Description
200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles)