Euglesa nitida
| Euglesa nitida | |
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| Drawing of the left valve external view of Euglesa nitida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Sphaeriida |
| Family: | Sphaeriidae |
| Genus: | Euglesa |
| Species: | E. nitida
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| Binomial name | |
| Euglesa nitida (Jenyns, 1832)
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Euglesa nitida, the shining pea clam, is a species of small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae, the pea clams and fingernail clams.
Description
The 3 – 4 mm. shell is slightly tumid (swollen). In shape it is regular-oval with low umbos slightly behind the midpoint. The umbonal area is demarcated by three concentric furrows. The surface (periostracum) is very glossy, with prominent irregularly spaced concentric striae. The colour is yellowish.
Distribution
Its native distribution is Holarctic.
- Czech Republic – in Bohemia, in Moravia,[3] - least concern (LC)[4]
- Slovakia[3]
- Germany – distributed in whole Germany, endangered (gefährdet) in Bavaria and Arten der Vorwarnliste in Brandenburg.[5]
- Nordic countries: Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden[6]
- Great Britain and Ireland[7]
References
- ^ Killeen, I.; Van Damme, D.; Mackie, G.; Seddon, M.B. (2017). "Pisidium nitidum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T155659A58616181. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T155659A58616181.en. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ NatureServe. "Pisidium nitidum". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ a b (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
- ^ Beran, L. (2002) Vodní měkkýši České Republiky - rozšíření a jeho změny, stanoviště, šíření, ohrožení a ochrana, červený seznam. Aquatic molluscs of the Czech Republic - distribution and its changes, habitats, dispersal, threat and protection, Red List. - Sborník přírodovědného klubu v Uherském Hradišti, Supplementum 10, 258 pp.
- ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
- ^ Kuiper, J. G. J.; Økland, K. A.; Knudsen, J.; Koli, L.; von Proschwitz, T.; Valovirta, I. (1989), "Geographical distribution of the small mussels (Sphaeriidae) in North Europe (Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden)" (PDF), Annales Zoologici Fennici, 26 (2): 73–101
- ^ Roy Anderson, 2005 An annotated list of the non-marine molluscs of Britain and Ireland Journal of Conchology, 38 (6): 607–637, (published 2005) [1].
External links
- Pisidium nitidum at Animalbase taxonomy, short description, biology, status (threats), images
- Images at BOLD.
- Pisidium nitidum illustrated in Danmarks Fauna (Georg Mandahl-Barth)