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  Genus Sphaerium

Species S. securis

Taxon Information

The Species S. securis 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) securis, "In Canada from Nova Scotia west to British Columbia and southwestern Northern Territories. It is record from most of the United States except the southwestern states" (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]