Pisidium conventus

Pisidium conventus, the arctic-alpine pea clam, is a species of freshwater bivalve from the family Sphaeriidae.

Pisidium conventus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Sphaeriida
Family:	Sphaeriidae
Genus:	Pisidium
Species:	P. conventus
Binomial name
Pisidium conventus Clessin, 1877

Description

The small (2.2–2.8 mm.) shell is oval in shape and thin and fragile. It is broad and flattened (laterally compressed) with flattened umbos near the midpoint. The colour is yellowish-white and the periostracum (surface) is silky with fine, concentric striation.

Ecology

P. conventus is a relict of colder climatic periods found only in deep, cold, upland lakes.

Distribution and conservation status

• Not listed in IUCN red list – not evaluated (NE)^[1]
• Germany – endangered (gefährdet)^[2]
• Poland – vulnerable (VU)^[3]
• Nordic countries: Faroes, Finland, Norway and Sweden (not in Denmark, Iceland)^[4]
• Great Britain and Ireland^[5]