Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777
(orb mussels)

Interactions where Sphaerium is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitised by cercarium Gorgoderina vitelliloba a fluke Plagiorchiida: Gorgoderidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Gorgoderidae/Gorgoderina vitelliloba/Gorgoderina vitellilobaa flukecercarium Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Veneroida/Sphaeriidae/Sphaerium/Sphaeriumorb mussels cercarium endoparasitises

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

Sphaerium (orb mussels) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Sphaerium corneum
Horny Orb Mussel
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Sphaerium rivicola
Nut Orb Mussel
Species 1 references
Sphaerium solidum
Witham Orb Mussel
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSphaerium (orb mussels)
FamilySPHAERIIDAE (orb and pea mussels)
SuperfamilySPHAERIOIDEA (a family of beetles)
OrderVENEROIDA (veneroids)
InfraclassEuheterodonta (an infraclass of molluscs)
SubclassHETERODONTA (a subclass of bivalve molluscs)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphaerium (orb mussels)

Sphaerium (orb mussels) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sphaerium (orb mussels):

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