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  2. ›Molluscs
  3. ›Bivalves
  4. ›Autobranchia
  5. ›Heteroconchia
  6. ›Euheterodonta
  7. ›Imparidentia
  8. ›Pea Clams, Fingernail Clams and Allies
  9. ›Sphaerioidea
Pea Clams
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Pea Clams

Sphaeriidae

The Sphaeriidae are a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs, in the order Veneroida; this family also includes the clams formerly placed in the Pisidiidae. In the US, they are commonly known as pea clams or fingernail clams.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first

Sphaeriinae

subfamilySphaeriinae

Euperinae

subfamilyEuperinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86074.