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

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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium

species Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758): specimens
     21 available nominal species synonyms (24 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Sphaerium corneum — Taylor et al. (2007), Mackie (2007), Schultheiß et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Kantor et al. (2010), ... Vinarski et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2021), Saito et al. (2022), Prié et al. (2023)
Sphaerium westerlundi — Bogan (2010), Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium levinodis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium capiduliferum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Amesoda falsinucleus — Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (s.s.) corneum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Sphaerium (s.s.) westerlundi — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (s.s.) levinodis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (s.s.) capiduliferum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) falsinucleus — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Range

Native to northern Eurasia from Europe to Kamchatka. Introduced to the Laurentian Great Lakes.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

INHS_58697. Gironde, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France

INHS_58374. Kirkham Abbey, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England

INHS_59508. Oude Maas, Rhoon, Holland , Rotterdam Municipality, South Holland, Netherlands

INHS_58498. Sutton Park, West Midlands, West Midlands, England

Denmark

INHS_58117. Denmark

England

INHS_58190. England

INHS_58191. England

Portugal

INHS_59569. Coimbra, Portugal

Switzerland

INHS_59885. Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

INHS_59886. Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

INHS_59839. Switzerland

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Kazakhstan

RMBH_MSph_404_1. (16S: ON814941, go to Genbank) Kazakhstan: Belousovka village, Glubochanka lake.

RMBH_MSph_404_2. (16S: ON814942, go to Genbank) ditto.

Russia

RMBH_MSph_31_1. (16S: ON814862, go to Genbank) Russia: Arkhangelsk region, Andronovskoe village, Onega river.

RMBH_MSph_31_2. (16S: ON814863, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_31_3. (16S: ON814864, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_31_4. (16S: ON814865, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_558. (16S: ON814969, go to Genbank) Russia: Arkhangelsk region, Onezhsky District, Muranskoe lake.

RMBH_IENP-461_2. (16S: KJ494337, go to Genbank) Russia: Arkhangelsk region, Solovetsky Islands, Bolshoy Solovetsky Island, Bannoe lake.

RMBH_MSph_224. (16S: ON814885, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_219. (16S: ON814883, go to Genbank) Russia: Arkhangelsk region, Solovetsky Islands, Bolshoy Solovetsky Island, Bolshoe Lobskoe lake.

RMBH_MSph_403_1. (16S: ON814940, go to Genbank) Russia: Buryatia, Lake Baikal, Zmeevaya bay.

RMBH_MSph_469. (16S: ON814948, go to Genbank) Russia: Kamchatka, Ust-Kamchatsky District, biostation "Raduga", Azabachye lake.

RMBH_MSph_470. (16S: ON814949, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_478. (16S: ON814952, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_479. (16S: ON814953, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_394. (16S: ON814923, go to Genbank) Russia: Krasnoyarsk Region, Taymyr Peninsula, Dudinka.

RMBH_MSph_395_1. (16S: ON814924, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_395_2. (16S: ON814925, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_396_1. (16S: ON814926, 28S: ON783924, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_396_2. (16S: ON814927, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_396_3. (16S: ON814928, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_416. (16S: ON814945, go to Genbank) Russia: Krasnoyarsk Region, Taymyr Peninsula, Dudinka, Dudinka river.

RMBH_MSph_417. (16S: ON814946, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_418. (16S: ON814947, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_392. (16S: ON814920, go to Genbank) Russia: Krasnoyarsk Region, Taymyr Peninsula, Dudinka, Yenisey river.

RMBH_MSph_393_1. (16S: ON814921, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_393_2. (16S: ON814922, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_722. (16S: ON814993, go to Genbank) Russia: Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula, Popovskoe lake.

RMBH_MSph_724. (16S: ON814994, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_159. (16S: ON814877, go to Genbank) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Bolshezemelskaya tundra, Vashutkiny Lakes, Bolshoy Starik lake.

RMBH_MSph_244. (16S: ON814888, go to Genbank) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Bolshezemelskaya tundra, Vashutkiny Lakes, Diyaty lake.

RMBH_MSph_259. (16S: ON814891, go to Genbank) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Bolshezemelskaya tundra, Vashutkiny Lakes, Makty lake.

RMBH_MSph_206. (16S: ON814881, go to Genbank) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Khaypudyr Bay, More-Yu river.

RMBH_MSph_207. (16S: ON814882, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_554. (16S: ON814966, 28S: ON783941, go to Genbank) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Nes village, Bolshoe Lenovskoe lake.

RMBH_MSph_556. (16S: ON814967, 28S: ON783943, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_557. (16S: ON814968, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_530_1. (16S: ON814960, go to Genbank) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Nes village, Danchukovo lake.

RMBH_MSph_530_2. (16S: ON814961, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_540. (16S: ON814963, go to Genbank) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Nes village, Kobylie lake.

RMBH_MSph_541. (16S: ON814964, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_545. (16S: ON814965, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_539. (16S: ON814962, go to Genbank) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Nes village, Niznee Maglinskoe lake.

RMBH_MSph_35_2. (16S: ON814866, go to Genbank) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Vyucheysky village, Lake near village.

RMBH_MSph_676. (16S: ON814978, go to Genbank) Russia: Penza region, Vershaut river.

RMBH_IEPN_461_2. (5.8S: KY126480, ITS1: KY126480, go to Genbank) Russia: Solovetsky Islands, Bolshoy Solovetsky Island, Bannoe Lake.

RMBH_MSph_788. (16S: ON815009, go to Genbank) Russia: Yakutia, Srednekolymsk, lake next to the oil depot.

RMBH_MSph_792_1. (16S: ON815010, 28S: ON783966, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_792_2. (16S: ON815011, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_274. (16S: ON814896, go to Genbank) Russia: Yakutia, Suturuokha village,Usun-Ayan lake.

RMBH_MSph_275. (16S: ON814897, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_276. (16S: ON814898, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_272. (16S: ON814894, go to Genbank) Russia: Yakutia, Yakutsk, Usun-ebe lake.

RMBH_MSph_273. (16S: ON814895, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_744. (16S: ON814996, go to Genbank) Russia: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Taz river.

RMBH_MSph_4. (16S: ON814860, go to Genbank) Russia: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Yamal Peninsula, Seyaha village, Seyaha River.

RMBH_MSph_44. (16S: ON814867, go to Genbank) ditto.

Sweden

GNM-MOLOV000009572. (COI: PP204152, go to Genbank) Sweden (58.241194 N 11.925139 E).

GNM-MOLOV000009570. (COI: PP204150, go to Genbank) Sweden (58.276417 N 12.051833 E).

GNM-MOLOV000009571. (COI: PP204151, go to Genbank) ditto.

GNM-MOLOV000009569. (COI: PP204149, go to Genbank) Sweden (58.450667 N 13.680528 E).

GNM-MOLOV000009574. (COI: PP204154, go to Genbank) ditto.

GNM-MOLOV000009575. (COI: PP204155, go to Genbank) ditto.

GNM-MOLOV000009573. (COI: PP204153, go to Genbank) Sweden (67.08475 N 20.345 E).