Pisidium artifex
Pisidium artifex | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Sphaeriida |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | Sphaeriidae |
Genus: | Pisidium |
Species: | P. artifex
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Binomial name | |
Pisidium artifex
, 1960 |
Pisidium artifex is a species of freshwater clam in the family Sphaeriidae. It is endemic to Kenya, where it is known only from Mount Kenya. It lives in water bodies at an elevation of 4,300 metres.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Lange, C. (2010). "Pisidium artifex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T44273A10886205. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44273A10886205.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Endemic molluscs of Kenya
- Pisidium
- Molluscs described in 1960
- Bivalve stubs