Euglesa globularis
Description
69. Euglesa globularis (Clessin, 1873)
Findings in Serbia.
Pisidium globulare: Glöer et al. (2014).
Common name. Swamp pea mussel.
Morphology. Minute bivalve. This species is generally similar in external shell morphology to Euglesa casertana. Typical shell dimensions are 4.2–4.5 mm length, 3.5–3.8 mm height, and 2.6–2.8 mm depth. For more details see Welter-Schultes (2012: 19).
Distribution and ecology. Palearctic species commonly found in the littoral zone of small ponds and lakes, floodplains of large lowland rivers. It prefers shallow habitats with a fine substrate (Moorkens & Killeen 2009). In Serbia, it was recorded only in two springs near Peć (KiM).
Other remarks. Some authors regarded it as a variety/subspecies of E. casertana (Killeen et al, 2004). On the IUCN Red List of threatened species it has been assessed as LC (Killeen & Seddon. 2011 c).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Clessin
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Order
- Veneroida
- Family
- Sphaeriidae
- Genus
- Euglesa
- Species
- globularis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Euglesa globularis (Clessin, 1873) sec. Marković, Gojšina, Novaković, Božanić, Stojanović, Karan-Žnidaršič & Živić, 2021
References
- 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]
- 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.
- Killeen, I. J., Aldridge, D. C. & Oliver, P. G. (2004) Freshwater bivalves of Britain and Ireland. Field Studies Occasional Publication, London, 114 pp.