Sphaerium rivicola, the river orb mussel, is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.
Distribution Its native distribution is European.
Czech Republic – in Bohemia, in Moravia, Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF. endangeredRed List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm Germany – highly endangered (Stark gefährdet)Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109,
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