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genus Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821: synonymy

53 Recent freshwater species (53 total species)

Synonymy

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.

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.

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.

Cordula Leach, 1852

Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 288, 292.
Type species: Tellina amnica Müller, 1774 (monotypy) = Pisidium amnicum

Pisidia Chenu, 1859

(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)
Desmarest in Chenu, 1859. Encycl. Hist. Nat., Crust. Moll. Zooph. 4: 43.

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.

Flumina Picaglia, 1892

(error for Fluminina Westerlund, 1873)
Picaglia, 1892. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 16: 192.

Lacustrina Sterki, 1916

Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): 473.
Type species: Pisidium idahoense Roper, 1890 = Pisidium idahoense

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: ??.

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

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Pisidium, since 1900.

PisidiumMartens (1900), H.B. Baker (1930), Thiele (1934), Goodrich & van der Schalie (1937), Mori (1938), ... 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)
Sphaeriumvan 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)
NeopisidiumKantor et al. (2010)
OdhneripisidiumKantor et al. (2010)
LacustrinaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Vinarski et al. (2020)
Pisidium (Odhneripisidium)Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
EuglesaVinarski et al. (2020), Kovalenkova et al. (2025)