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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000): summary
     publication summary

Complete 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

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