Sphaerium rivicola

Sphaerium rivicola, the river orb mussel, is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.

Sphaerium rivicola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Sphaeriida
Family:	Sphaeriidae
Genus:	Sphaerium
Species:	S. rivicola
Binomial name
Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818)

Distribution

Its native distribution is European.

• Czech Republic – in Bohemia, in Moravia,^[1] endangered^[2]
• Germany – highly endangered (Stark gefährdet)^[3]