Specimen Information

Pisidium moitessierianum
Pisidium moitessierianum
(pygmy peaclam)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Exotic

Specimen ID242056
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusPisidium
Speciesmoitessierianum
Common Namepygmy peaclam
LocalityLake Superior
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameLake Superior
HUC8 Number04180000
Map
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Collection Year1999
Year AccuracyEstimated
Potential Pathwayshipping solid ballast
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:16935
Author:Grigorovich, I.A., A.V. Korniushin, and H.J. MacIsaac
Date:2000
Title:Moitessier’s pea clam Pisidium moitessierianum (Bivalvia, Sphaeriidae): a cryptogenic mollusk in the Great Lakes.
Journal:Hydrobiologia
Volume:435
Pages:153-165
Reference 2
Ref. Number:14975
Author:Korniushin, A.V., I.A. Grigorovich, and G.L. Mackie
Date:2001
Title:Taxonomic revision of the Pisidium punctatum Sterki, 1895 (Bivalvia, Sphaeriidae).
Journal:Malacologia
Volume:43
Issue:1-2
Pages:337-347
Reference 3
Ref. Number:13623
Author:Grigorovich, I.A., A.V. Korniushin, D.K. Gray, I.C. Duggan, R.I. Colautti, and H.J. MacIsaac
Date:2003
Title:Lake Superior: an invasion coldspot?.
Journal:Hydrobiologia
Volume:499
Issue:1-3
Pages:191-210
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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