Subtaxon | Rank | Featured subtaxa |
No of interactions |
No of references |
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Genus | 1 trophisms | ||||||
Genus | 3 subtaxa | 2 trophisms | 3 references |
Family | SPHAERIIDAE (orb and pea mussels) |
Superfamily | SPHAERIOIDEA (a family of beetles) |
Order | VENEROIDA (veneroids) |
Infraclass | Euheterodonta (an infraclass of molluscs) |
Subclass | HETERODONTA (a subclass of bivalve molluscs) |
Class | BIVALVIA (bivalves) |
Phylum | MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs) |
Superphylum | LOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives) |
Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SPHAERIIDAE (orb and pea mussels) |
Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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() | Killeen I., Aldridge D. & Oliver G. | 2004 | Freshwater Bivalves of the British Isles | FSC Aidgap Keys - Occasional Publication, 82, 114pp, Field Studies Council |
SPHAERIIDAE (orb and pea mussels) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Kerney, M. & Stubbs, A. | 1980 | The conservation of snails, slugs and freshwater mussels | 23pp, Nature Conservancy Council |
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SPHAERIIDAE (orb and pea mussels):
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 14 images of SPHAERIIDAE (orb and pea mussels) |
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