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Musculium Hartmanni Naivashaens
''Musculium'' is a genus of small freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Sphaeriidae 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. Heard, William H. 1977. Reproduction of fingernail clams (Sphaeriidae: ''Sphaeri ..., the fingernail clams and pea clams. Species Species and subgenera within this genera include: Subgenus ''Musculium'' Link, 1807 * '' Musculium lacustre'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Musculium transversum'' (Say, 1829) Subgenus ? * '' Musculium forbesi'' (Philippi, 1869) * '' Musculium lauricochae'' (Philippi, 1869) * '' Musculium titicacense'' (Pilsbry, 1924) References Sphaeriidae Bivalve genera {{Sphaeriidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musculium Lacustre
''Musculium lacustre'' is a species of small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams. Description The 8–11 mm. shell is oval to quadrangular in shape. The umbos which are capped by the juvenile shell are slightly in front of middle directed forwards. The posterior end is broad and truncated. The shell is fragile, fairly glossy and pearl grey to white in colour. The periostracum (surface) is ornamented with fine, even, concentric striation. Distribution The native distribution of this species is Holarctic and occurs in islands and countries including: * Algeria * Belgium * Czech Republic – in Bohemia, in Moravia, Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. nnotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics. ''Malacologica Bohemoslovaca'', Suppl. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clam
Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two shells of equal size connected by two adductor muscles and have a powerful burrowing foot. They live in both freshwater and marine environments; in salt water they prefer to burrow down into the mud and the turbidity of the water required varies with species and location; the greatest diversity of these is in North America. Clams in the culinary sense do not live attached to a substrate (whereas oysters and mussels do) and do not live near the bottom (whereas scallops do). In culinary usage, clams are commonly eaten marine bivalves, as in clam digging and the resulting soup, clam chowder. Many edible clams such as palourde clams are ovoid or triangular; however, razor clams have an elongated parallel-sided shell, suggesting an old-fashioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquatic Animal
An aquatic animal is any animal, whether invertebrate or vertebrate, that lives in water for most or all of its lifetime. Many insects such as mosquitoes, mayflies, dragonflies and caddisflies have aquatic larvae, with winged adults. Aquatic animals may breathe air or extract oxygen from water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through the skin. Natural environments and the animals that live in them can be categorized as aquatic (water) or terrestrial (land). This designation is polyphyletic. Description The term aquatic can be applied to animals that live in either fresh water or salt water. However, the adjective marine is most commonly used for animals that live in saltwater, i.e. in oceans, seas, etc. Aquatic animals (especially freshwater animals) are often of special concern to conservationists because of the fragility of their environments. Aquatic animals are subject to pressure from overfishing, destructive fishing, marine pollution, hunting, and cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bivalves have no head and they lack some usual molluscan organs, like the radula and the odontophore. They include the clams, oysters, cockles, mussels, scallops, and numerous other families that live in saltwater, as well as a number of families that live in freshwater. The majority are filter feeders. The gills have evolved into ctenidia, specialised organs for feeding and breathing. Most bivalves bury themselves in sediment, where they are relatively safe from predation. Others lie on the sea floor or attach themselves to rocks or other hard surfaces. Some bivalves, such as the scallops and file shells, can swim. The shipworms bore into wood, clay, or stone and live inside these substances. The shell of a bivalve is composed of calc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molluscs
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000 additional species. The proportion of undescribed species is very high. Many taxa remain poorly studied. Molluscs are the largest marine biology, marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. Numerous molluscs also live in freshwater mollusc, freshwater and Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial habitats. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat. The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8 Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class (biology), classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurobiology, neurologically advanced of all inve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphaeriidae
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. Heard, William H. 1977. Reproduction of fingernail clams (Sphaeriidae: ''Sphaerium'' and ''Musculium''). Malacologia, 16: 421-455. Genera Genera: * Euperinae ** '' Byssanodonta'' d'Orbigny, 1846 ** ''Eupera'' Bourguignat, 1854 * Sphaeriinae ** ''Afropisidium'' Kuiper, 1962 ** ''Euglesa'' Jenyns, 1832 ** ''Musculium'' Link, 1807 ** '' Odhneripisidium'' Kuiper, 1962 ** ''Pisidium'' C. Pfeiffer, 1821 ** ''Sphaerium'' Scopoli, 1777 * fossils ** †'' Megasphaerioides'' Komatsu, J.-H. Chen & Q.-F. Wang, 2003 ** †'' Protosphaerium'' Hocknull, 2000 ** †'' Sphaericoncha'' Kolesnikov, 1980 Biology and ecology Sphaeriidae are hermaphrodites with internal fertilization. Developing young are incubated within their mother (ovoviviparity), and newborn clams look like miniature copies of the adults. Parasites and/or predat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musculium Lacustre
''Musculium lacustre'' is a species of small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams. Description The 8–11 mm. shell is oval to quadrangular in shape. The umbos which are capped by the juvenile shell are slightly in front of middle directed forwards. The posterior end is broad and truncated. The shell is fragile, fairly glossy and pearl grey to white in colour. The periostracum (surface) is ornamented with fine, even, concentric striation. Distribution The native distribution of this species is Holarctic and occurs in islands and countries including: * Algeria * Belgium * Czech Republic – in Bohemia, in Moravia, Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. nnotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics. ''Malacologica Bohemoslovaca'', Suppl. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musculium Transversum
''Musculium transversum'' is a species of freshwater bivalve from the family Sphaeriidae. Distribution and conservation status * Not listed in IUCN red list The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ... – not evaluated (NE) * GermanyGlöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 82, References Sphaeriidae Bivalves described in 1829 {{Sphaeriidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musculium Forbesi
''Musculium'' is a genus of small freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams. Species Species and subgenera within this genera include: Subgenus ''Musculium'' Link, 1807 * ''Musculium lacustre'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''Musculium transversum'' (Say, 1829) Subgenus ? * ''Musculium forbesi'' (Philippi, 1869) * ''Musculium lauricochae'' (Philippi, 1869) * ''Musculium titicacense ''Musculium'' is a genus of small freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams. Species Species and subgenera within this genera include: Subgenus ''Musculium'' Link, 1807 * ''Muscul ...'' (Pilsbry, 1924) References Sphaeriidae Bivalve genera {{Sphaeriidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musculium Lauricochae
''Musculium'' is a genus of small freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams. Species Species and subgenera within this genera include: Subgenus ''Musculium'' Link, 1807 * ''Musculium lacustre'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''Musculium transversum'' (Say, 1829) Subgenus ? * ''Musculium forbesi'' (Philippi, 1869) * ''Musculium lauricochae'' (Philippi, 1869) * ''Musculium titicacense ''Musculium'' is a genus of small freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams. Species Species and subgenera within this genera include: Subgenus ''Musculium'' Link, 1807 * ''Muscul ...'' (Pilsbry, 1924) References Sphaeriidae Bivalve genera {{Sphaeriidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musculium Titicacense
''Musculium'' is a genus of small freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams. Species Species and subgenera within this genera include: Subgenus ''Musculium'' Link, 1807 * ''Musculium lacustre'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''Musculium transversum'' (Say, 1829) Subgenus ? * ''Musculium forbesi'' (Philippi, 1869) * ''Musculium lauricochae'' (Philippi, 1869) * ''Musculium titicacense ''Musculium'' is a genus of small freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams. Species Species and subgenera within this genera include: Subgenus ''Musculium'' Link, 1807 * ''Muscul ...'' (Pilsbry, 1924) References Sphaeriidae Bivalve genera {{Sphaeriidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
