Sphaeriidae | |
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Four shells of Sphaerium corneum. Scale bar is in mm. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Sphaeriida |
Superfamily: | Sphaerioidea |
Family: | Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855 (1820) |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
Cycladidae, Rafinesque 1820[1][2] |
Sphaeriidae is a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs in the order Sphaeriida. In the US, they are commonly known as pea clams or fingernail clams.[3][4]
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