Species: Pisidium variabile
Triangular Peaclam
Species
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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
2004-06-07
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - It is relatively common and generally distributed throughout Canada and the U.S. in the more temperate latitudes; absent from the northern (e.g. Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alaska) and southern (e.g. Texas, New Mexico, Florida) parts of North America (Mackie et al., 2007).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)