Pisidium leslieae Firby 1966 (pea clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae

Full reference: J. R. Firby. 1966. New non-marine Mollusca from the Esmeralda Formation, Nevada. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 33(14):453-480

Belongs to Pisidium according to J. R. Firby 1966

Sister taxa: Pisidium amnicum, Pisidium atopum, Pisidium bellardii, Pisidium casertanum, Pisidium henslowianum, Pisidium medlicottianum, Pisidium nitidum, Pisidium obtusale, Pisidium personatum, Pisidium pulchellum, Pisidium pusillum, Pisidium solitarium, Pisidium subtruncatum, Pisidium victoriae, Pisidium vincentianum, Pisidium vukovici

Type specimen: UCMP 37872, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pisidium leslieae in the database

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