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  Genus Sphaerium

Species S. corneum

Taxon Information

The Species S. corneum 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) corneum, "Apparently introduced from Europe. It has been reported from several localities in southern Ontario, and in the United States from Lake Champlain (New York) and Lake Erie (Ohio)" (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]