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Pisidium altiformis

Status not recordedmolluscsExtinct

Pisidium altiformis is a species in the family Sphaeriidae, order Venerida.

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Quick facts about Pisidium altiformis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Pisidium altiformis live?

Not recorded

Is Pisidium altiformis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Pisidium altiformis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderVenerida
  5. familySphaeriidae
  6. genusPisidium
  7. SpeciesPisidium altiformis (Grabau, 1923)

Synonyms Cyrena altiformis, Limnocyrena altiformis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pisidium altiformis

Other species in the same genus Pisidium.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Pisidium altiformis?

Pisidium altiformis (Pisidium altiformis) belongs to the family Sphaeriidae in the order Venerida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pisidium altiformis (Pisidium altiformis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pisidium-altiformis

MLA

“Pisidium altiformis (Pisidium altiformis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pisidium-altiformis.

BibTeX
@misc{pisidium_altiformis_2026,
  title = {Pisidium altiformis (Pisidium altiformis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pisidium-altiformis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}