Checklist of Pea Clams (Sphaeriidae) in Vermont, USA

Michael Lew-Smith1, Kent McFarland2, Kent McFarland3

1 Arrowwood Environmental, , United States; 2 Vermont Center for Ecostudies, Norwich, United States; 3 Vermont Center for Ecostudies, , United States

Corresponding author(s): Michael Lew-Smith ( michael@arrowwoodvt.com)Kent McFarland (kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Lew-Smith M, McFarland K (2022): Checklist of Pea Clams (Sphaeriidae) in Vermont, USA. v1.3. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Dataset/Checklist. https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=vtsphaeriidaechecklist&v=1.3

Abstract

This is a checklist of the known species of Pea Clams (Sphaeriidae) recorded in Vermont, USA. The checklist is derived from literature and verified records from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and Jim Kellogg (https://doi.org/10.15468/tq5nfn). The checklist is comprised of 28 confirmed species.

Keywords: Checklist, Inventoryregional

Project details

Project title: Vermont Atlas of Life
Personnel: Kent McFarland
Study area descriptions/descriptor: http://val.vtecostudies.org/
Design description: http://val.vtecostudies.org/

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=vtsphaeriidaechecklist

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Pea Clam (Sphaeriidae) 
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Sphaeriidae
Common names: pea clams

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: State of Vermont, USA
Coordinates: 42°29'17.89''N and 45°12'46.81''N Latitude; 74°16'3.28''W and 71°6'12.66''W Longitude 

Methods

Method step description: Derived from literature and verified records.
Study extent description: State of Vermont, USA
Sampling description: Derived from literature and verified records.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Checklist of Pea Clams (Sphaeriidae) in Vermont, USA
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/archive.do?r=vtsphaeriidaechecklist
Publication date of data: 2022-12-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-12-28
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
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 https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/56362/MP118.pdf?sequence=1
Johnson, C.W. 1915. Fauna of New England : 13: List of the Mollusca. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 7 (1–231). https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10306
Mackie, Gerald L. 2007. Biology of Freshwater Corbiculid and Sphaeriid Clams of North America. Ohio Biological Sruvey Bulletin New Series Volume XV Number 3, Columbus, Ohio. https://pnwmussels.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mackie_2007_Biology_FW_Corbiculids_Sphaeriids_NA.pdf
Kellogg J, Lew-Smith M, McFarland K (2022). New England Pea Clam (Sphaeriidae) Occurrences. Version 1.5. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tq5nfn accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-12-28. https://doi.org/10.15468/tq5nfn
Burch, J B. 1972. Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual No.3 FRESHWATER SPHAERIACEAN CLAMS (MOLLUSCA:PELECYPODA) OF NORTH AMERICA. http://relicensing.pcwa.net/Documents/Library/PCWA-L 442.pdf. https://relicensing.pcwa.net/documents/Library/PCWA-L%20442.pdf