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  Genus Sphaerium

Species S. simile (+ S. sulcatum, + S. lineatum)

Taxon Information

The Species S. simile 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) simile, "Southern Canada from New Brunswick to northern and central British Columbia, south to Virginia, Iowa and Wyoming" (Burch, 1972).
• Sphaerium simile, (Clench, 1959).
• Sphaerium sulcatum, "Common in Winnebago and Butte des Morts" (Baker, 1924).
• Sphaerium sulcatum planatum, "Found only in Lake Winnebago" (Baker, 1924).
• Sphaerium lineatum, "In debris on Doemel Point, Lake Winnebago. Only one specimen found of this species, which rare in the lake" (Baker, 1924).

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]
• Clench, W.J. 1959. Mollusca. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 1117-1160.
• Baker, F.C. 1924. The fauna of the Lake Winnebago region: A quantitative survey with special reference to the Mollusca. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters 21: 109-146. [Available online]