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Publication Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000): summary

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Full Citation

Cooley, L.R. & D. Ó Foighil. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of the Sphaeriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) based on partial mitochondrial 16S gene sequences. Invertebrate Biology 119(3): 299-308. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Musculium argentinium Cooley & Ó Foighil, 2000 = Sphaerium argentinum

‘d’Orbigny’ Cooley & Ó Foighil, 2000. Invert. Biol. 119(3): 302.
(error for Cyclas argentina d’Orbigny, 1835)

Sphaerium novaezealandia Cooley & Ó Foighil, 2000 = Sphaerium novaezelandiae

‘Deshayes’ of Authors.
‘Deshayes’ Cooley & Ó Foighil, 2000. Invert. Biol. 119(3): 302.
Schultheiß et al., 2008. Speciation in Ancient Lakes 205: Appendix I [as ‘novaezealandiae’].
Stunžėnas et al., 2011. Cent. Eur. J. Biol. 6(1): 108.
Clewing et al., 2013. Malacologia 56(1-2): 251.
(error for Sphaerium novaezelandiae Deshayes, 1854)

Sphaerium tazmanicum Cooley & Ó Foighil, 2000 = Sphaerium tasmanicum

‘Tenison Woods’ Cooley & Ó Foighil, 2000. Invert. Biol. 119(3): 302.
(error for Cyclas tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876)

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)

Corbicula madagascariensis (Smith, 1882)

Eupera platensis Doello Jurado, 1921

Musculium argentinium [sic] (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Sphaerium argentinum

Musculium lacustre (Müller, 1774) = Sphaerium lacustre

Musculium partumeium (Say, 1822) = Sphaerium partumeium

Musculium securis (Prime, 1852) = Sphaerium securis

Neocorbicula limosa (Maton, 1809) = Cyanocyclas limosa

Pisidium (Afropisidium) sterkianum Pilsbry, 1897 = Odhneripisidium sterkianum

Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) adamsi Stimpson, 1851 = Euglesa adamsii

Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) compressum Prime, 1852 = Euglesa compressa

Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) milium Held, 1836 = Euglesa milium

Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabile Prime, 1852 = Euglesa variabilis

Pisidium (s.s.) dubium (Say, 1817) = Pisidium dubium

Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale (Lewis, 1856) = Sphaerium occidentale

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Sphaerium corneum

Sphaerium (s.s.) fabale (Prime, 1852) = Sphaerium fabale

Sphaerium (s.s.) rhomboideum (Say, 1822) = Sphaerium rhomboideum

Sphaerium (s.s.) simile (Say, 1816) = Sphaerium simile

Sphaerium (s.s.) striatinum (Lamarck, 1818) = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) novaezealandia [sic] Deshayes, 1854 = Sphaerium novaezelandiae

Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tazmanicum [sic] (Tenison-Woods, 1876) = Sphaerium tasmanicum

 
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