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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae

genus Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821: synonymy

55 Recent freshwater species (55 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

Alder, 1831. Trans. Natur. Hist. Soc. Northumbld. Durham 1: 41 [not used as valid].
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 288, 291.
(intro'd as syn. of Cyclas Lamarck, 1799)

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

Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 502.
(error for Fluminina Westerlund, 1873)

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 idahoensis

Parapisidium Kuiper, 1966

Kuiper, 1966. Arch. Moll. 95(1/2): 15.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)
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

‘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.
(error for Galileja Costa, 1840)

Psidium Goldfuss, 1832

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

Pindium Humphreys, 1845

Humphreys, 1845. Contrib. Fauna Cork. (Cuv. Soc.): 7.
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)

Piscidium Brown, 1849

Brown, 1849. Ill. Fossil Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 209.
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)

Pisidia Chenu, 1859

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

Flumina Picaglia, 1892

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

Fluminium Müller, 1921

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

Pisielium Bowler-Kelley, 1928

Bowler-Kelley, 1928. C. R. Assoc. Franç. Avanc. Sci. 52: 454.
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)

Galileia Thiele, 1934

‘O.G. Costa’ Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 853 [1296].
(error for Galileja Costa, 1840)

Hensewiana Neave, 1940

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

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), ... Clewing et al. (2022), Czaja et al. (2023), Prié et al. (2023), Bespalaya et al. (2023), Jihad (2023)
Corneocyclas (Phymesoda)Dall (1903)
Corneocyclas (Pisidium)Dall (1903)
Sphaeriumvan Benthem Jutting (1931), IUCN (2011)
Pisidium (Eupisidium)Mori (1938), 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)
EuropisidiumKantor et al. (2010)
NeopisidiumKantor et al. (2010)
OdhneripisidiumKantor et al. (2010)
LacustrinaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Vinarski et al. (2020)
Pisidium (Kuiperipisidium)Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Pisidium (Odhneripisidium)Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
EuglesaVinarski et al. (2020)

 
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