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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.

Psidium Goldfuss, 1832

(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)
Goldfuss, 1832. Naturh. Atlas 4: 81.

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.

Fluminium Müller, 1921

(error for Fluminina Westerlund, 1873)
Müller, 1921. Arch. Moll. 52: 188.

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].

Hensewiana Neave, 1940

(error for Henslowiana Servain, 1888)
Neave, 1940. Nomen. Zool. 2: ??.

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), Lindholm (1932), Lindholm (1932), Thiele (1934), ... Jihad (2023), Bespalaya et al. (2024), Halabowski et al. (2024), Prie et al. (2026), Bogan et al. (2026)
Corneocyclas (Phymesoda) — Dall (1903)
Corneocyclas (Pisidium) — 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)
Pisidium (Amuropisidium) — Starobogatov et al. (2004)
Lacustriana [sic] — Starobogatov et al. (2004)
Neopisidium — Kantor et al. (2010)
Odhneripisidium — Kantor et al. (2010)
Lacustrina — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Vinarski et al. (2020)
Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa — Vinarski et al. (2020), Kovalenkova et al. (2025), Prié et al. (2026)