Pisidium conventus
Encyclopedia
Arctic-alpine Pea Clam, Pisidium conventus is a species
of freshwater
bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.
Distribution and conservation status
- Not listed in IUCN red listIUCN Red ListThe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...
- not evaluated (NE)
- Germany - endangered (gefährdet)
- Poland - vulnerable (VU)