Conventus
Genus of bivalves
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Conventus is a genus of freshwater bivalves in the family Sphaeriidae. Species in this genus are known from Europe, North America, and South Asia, including Arctic regions.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Sphaeriida |
| Superfamily: | Sphaerioidea |
| Family: | Sphaeriidae |
| Genus: | Conventus Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974 |
| Type species | |
| Pisidium conventus Clessin, 1877 | |
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Taxonomy and history
Conventus was initially described as a subgenus of Neopisidium in 1974 by V.V. Pirogov and Yaroslav Starobogatov.[1] It has also been considered a subgenus of Euglesa.[1][3] Conventus was elevated to generic status in a 2024 article published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society based on phylogenetic analysis.[2]
Species
This genus includes the following species:[1]
- Conventus conventus (Clessin, 1877)
- Conventus ellisi (Dance, 1967)
- Conventus insigne (Gabb, 1868)
- Conventus raddei (Dybowski, 1902)
- Conventus subconventus (Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967)
