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Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Bivalvia
      Order: Veneroida
        Family: Sphaeriidae
          Genus: Pisidium
            Species: sanguinichristi

Sangre De Cristo Pea-Clam - Pisidium sanguinichristi

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Sangre De Cristo Peaclam (Pisidium sanguinichristi) is a tiny (shell length up to 3.2 mm) freshwater clam that is only found in Middle Fork Lake in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. It lives in the mud along emergent grasses in sheltered embayments and at the lake outlet. It eats small algae and other organic matter via filter-feeding.

Status

Global Rank: G1

State Rank: S1

State Status: T

Federal Status:

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 2

Number of Mapped Locations: 2

Number of Observations: 2

Observation date range: 05-21-1981 to 07-06-1991

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