Species Information
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Pisidium
Species: sanguinichristi
Sangre De Cristo Pea-Clam - Pisidium sanguinichristi
Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico
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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
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
External Links
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Biota Information System of New Mexico (BISON-M)
NatureServe Explorer
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
New Mexico State Wildlife Action Plan (NMSWAP)
Biota Information System of New Mexico (BISON-M)
NatureServe Explorer
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
New Mexico State Wildlife Action Plan (NMSWAP)