Species: Pisidium ventricosum
Globular 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 uncommon but generally distributed from Newfoundland and New Brunswick north and northwest to Ungava and the western Arctic coast of Canada, west to Alberta, across the northern states from Maine to Washington, and south in the Rocky Mountains to disjunct populations in California, Utah, Colorado, and Mexico (Mackie et al., 2007).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)