NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2000

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Pisidiidae
  Superfamily - Corbiculoidea
  Order - Veneroida
  Subclass - Heterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Sphaerium corneum
      Species - Sphaerium fabale
      Species - Sphaerium nitidum
      Species - Sphaerium patella
      Species - Sphaerium rhomboideum
      Species - Sphaerium simile
      Species - Sphaerium striatinum
      Species - Sphaerium occidentale