Euglesa casertana
Description
68. Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791)
Findings in Serbia.
Pisidium casertanum: Tomović et al. (2014).
Common name. Caserta pea mussel.
Morphology. Small bivalve. Oval shell typically has length 3.7–5.3 mm, height 3.1–4.4 mm, and depth 2.4–2.9 mm (Moorkens & Killeen 2009). For more details see Welter-Schultes (2012: 19, figure on the top of the page).
Distribution and ecology. Worldwide distribution, in fact this is one of the most widespread species of freshwater molluscs in the world. It is known from the Palearctic and Nearctic regions and some parts of South America, Africa, Australia and Asia, inhabiting the widest possible range of freshwater habitats and substrates (Van Damme et al. 2016). In Serbia, it has been found in the Danube River.
Other remarks. Being cosmopolitan/widespread this species has high morphological variability, harboring many morphotypes. As many as 178 nominal species are known as synonyms (Graf & Cummings 2021). On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as LC (Van Damme et al. 2016).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Poli
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Order
- Veneroida
- Family
- Sphaeriidae
- Genus
- Euglesa
- Species
- casertana
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791) sec. Marković, Gojšina, Novaković, Božanić, Stojanović, Karan-Žnidaršič & Živić, 2021
References
- Poli, J. X. (1791) Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Vol. 1. Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae, 244 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 79042
- Tomovic, J., Paunovic, M., Atanackovic, A., Markovic, V., Gacic, Z., Csanyi, B. & Simic, V. (2014) Biotic typology of the Dan- ube River based on distribution of mollusc fauna as revealed by the Second Joint Danube Survey (2007). Acta zoologica bulgarica, 66 (4), 527 - 537.
- Moorkens, E. A. & Killeen, I. J. (2009) Database of association with habitat and environmental variables for nonshelled slugs and bivalves of Britain and Ireland. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, 189 pp.
- Welter-Schultes, F. W. (2012) European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification, planet poster editions. Planet Poster Editions, Gottingen, 674 pp. [in German]
- Van Damme, D., Killeen, I., Mackie, G., Madhyastha, A., Seddon, M. B. & Kebapcy, U. (2016) Pisidium casertanum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2016, e. T 155571 A 42430200. [downloaded 4 May 2021] https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2016 - 3. RLTS. T 155571 A 42430200. en
- Graf, D. L. & Cummings, K. S. (2021) The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). Available from: http: // www. mussel-project. net / (accessed 20 March 2021)