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Bivalvia | Sphaeriida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae
genus Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821: synonymy
53 Recent freshwater species (53 total species)
Synonymy
Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821
Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 17, 123.
Type species: Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818 = Pisidium amnicum
Pera Leach, 1852
(intro'd as syn. of Cyclas Lamarck, 1799)
Alder, 1831. Trans. Natur. Hist. Soc. Northumbld. Durham 1: 41 [not used as valid].
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 288, 291.
Cordula Leach, 1852
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 288, 292.
Type species: Tellina amnica Müller, 1774 (monotypy) = Pisidium amnicum
Fluminina Westerlund, 1873
‘Clessin MS’ Westerlund, 1873. Fauna Moll. Terr. Fluv. Suec. Norv. Dan. (2): 529.
Type species: Tellina amnica Müller, 1774 = Pisidium amnicum
Flumininea Clessin, 1877
(error for Fluminina Westerlund, 1873)
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 502.
Amnicana Servain, 1888
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 312.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 35.
Lacustrina Sterki, 1916
Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): 473.
Type species: Pisidium idahoense Roper, 1890 = Pisidium idahoense
Parapisidium Kuiper, 1966
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)
Kuiper, 1966. Arch. Moll. 95(1/2): 15.
Type species: Pisidium (Parapisidium) reticulatum Kuiper, 1966 = Pisidium reticulatum
Amuropisidium Prozorova, 1995
Prozorova, 1995. Zool. Zhur. 74(11): 34.
Type species: Pisidium baicalense var. decurtatum Lindholm, 1909 = Pisidium decurtatum
Gallileja Prime, 1852
(error for Galileja Costa, 1840)
‘da Costa’ of Authors.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 348.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 59.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 164.
Pindium Humphreys, 1845
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)
Humphreys, 1845. Contrib. Fauna Cork. (Cuv. Soc.): 7.
Piscidium Brown, 1849
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)
Brown, 1849. Ill. Fossil Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 209.
Pisidia Chenu, 1859
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)
Desmarest in Chenu, 1859. Encycl. Hist. Nat., Crust. Moll. Zooph. 4: 43.
Flumina Picaglia, 1892
(error for Fluminina Westerlund, 1873)
Picaglia, 1892. Bull. Soc. Malac. Ital. 16: 192.
Pisielium Bowler-Kelley, 1928
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)
Bowler-Kelley, 1928. C. R. Assoc. Franç. Avanc. Sci. 52: 454.
Galileia Thiele, 1934
(error for Galileja Costa, 1840)
‘O.G. Costa’ Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 853 [1296].
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Pisidium, since 1900.
Pisidium — Martens (1900), H.B. Baker (1930), Thiele (1934), Goodrich & van der Schalie (1937), Mori (1938), ... Czaja et al. (2023), Bespalaya et al. (2024), Halabowski et al. (2024), Prie et al. (2026), Bogan et al. (2026)
Corneocyclas (Pisidium) — Dall (1903)
Corneocyclas (Phymesoda) — Dall (1903)
Sphaerium — van Benthem Jutting (1931), IUCN (2011)
Pisidium (Eupisidium) — Mandahl-Barth (1938), Zhadin (1965)
Pisidium (s.s.) — Kuiper (1962), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Mansur & Meier-Brook (2000), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), ... Mackie (2007), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Voode (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Pisidium (Neopisidium) — Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Mackie (2007), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Pisidium (Lacustrina) — Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002)
Lacustriana [sic] — Starobogatov et al. (2004)
Pisidium (Amuropisidium) — Starobogatov et al. (2004)
Neopisidium — Kantor et al. (2010)
Lacustrina — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Vinarski et al. (2020)
Odhneripisidium — Kantor et al. (2010)
Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa — Vinarski et al. (2020), Kovalenkova et al. (2025), Prié et al. (2026)
