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  Genus Sphaerium

Species S. nitidum

Taxon Information

The Species S. nitidum 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 (Sphaerium) nitidum, "Holarctic in distribution. In the Western Hemisphere it occurs from northern Canada sound to northern United States, which it extends from northern Maine west to Washington and the Aleutian Islands. This has been reported from all the Great Lakes except Lake Erie. In the Rocky Mountains it extends south to Utah" (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]