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  Genus Sphaerium

Species S. transversum

Taxon Information

The Species S. transversum has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

  • Sphaerium (Musculium) transversum, "North America from southwestern Northwest Territories, the Canadian Provinces and United States east of the Rocky Mountains, south to Florida, Texas and Mexico" (Burch, 1972).

Bibliography

  • Burch, J.B. 1972. Freshwater sphaeriacean clams (Mollusca: Pelecypoda) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual 3. 31 pp. [Available online]

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