Pisidium pseudosphaerium

Pisidium pseudosphaerium is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.

The 2.5-3.2mm shell is a flattened, regular, slightly angulated oval shape with low central umbos. The surface is silky with very fine concentric striations. In colour it is straw-yellow with scattered red-brown deposits.

Its native distribution is central European and western European.

• Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, critically endangered (CR)
• Germany - critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht)
• Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland (near threatened), Norway and Sweden (not recorded in Faroes, Iceland)
• Great Britain and Ireland

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