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species Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758): synonymy

11 specimens + 64 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

Chama cinerca Dezallier d’Argenville, 1742

Dezallier d’Argenville, 1742. Hist. nat. Lithol. Conch.: 326, 321, pl. 27, fig. 9. [pre-linnaean]

Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758

(renamed Cornea communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811)
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 678.

Sphærium (s.s.) corneumDall (1903)
Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumThiele (1934), Zhadin (1965), Burch (1975), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), Falkner et al. (2001), Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002), Lee & Ó Foighil (2003), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Bank (2006), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2024)
Sphaerium corneumHerrington (1962), Mackie et al. (1980), Kuiper et al. (1989), Turgeon et al. (1998), Korniushin (1998), ... Bespalaya et al. (2021), Saito et al. (2022), Prié et al. (2023), Prie et al. (2026), Bogan et al. (2026)
Sphaerium (s.s.) corneaMansur & Meier-Brook (2000)

Tellina rivalis Müller, 1774

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 202.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cardium nux Da Costa, 1778

Da Costa, 1778. British Conch.: 173, pl. 13, fig. 2.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Nux nigella Humphrey, 1797

Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cornea communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

(new name for Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758)
Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Mag. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin 5: 57.

Sphaerium corneumMackie (2007)
Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas stagnicola Lamarck, 1818

‘Leach’ Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 559.
‘Leach, in litt.’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 152. [nomen nudum]

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas lutea Ziegler in Anton, 1839

Ziegler in Anton, 1839. Verz. Conchylien: 14.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas globosa Megerle in Villa, 1841

Megerle in Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas leachii Villa, 1841

“Ziegler MSS” Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas plumbeus Villa, 1841

Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas flavescens Macgillivroy, 1843

Macgillivroy, 1843. Hist. Moll. An.: 208, 246.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas citrina Brown, 1844

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 132, pl. 37, fig. 37.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas alata Leach, 1852

Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 291.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumBurch (1975), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas isocardioides Dupuy, 1852

‘Normand’ Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 668.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium corneum var. δ tomentosum Westerlund, 1871

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758)
Westerlund, 1871. Nova Reg. Soc. Scient. 8: 154.

Sphaerium corneumKantor et al. (2010)

Sphaerium (Corneola) westerlundi Clessin in Westerlund, 1873

Clessin in Westerlund, 1873. Fauna Moll. Terr. Fluv. Suec. Norv. Dan. (2): 508.

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneum var. westerlundiZhadin (1965)
Sphaerium corneumKorniushin (1998)
Sphaerium (Sibirisphaerium) westerlundiStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Sphaerium westerlundiBogan (2010), Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (s.s.) westerlundiVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium levinodis Westerlund, 1876

Westerlund, 1876. Nach. Deuts. Mal. Ges. 8(8-9): 102.

Sphaerium (Sibirisphaerium) levinodisStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Sphaerium levinodisKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (s.s.) levinodisVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium capiduliferum Lindholm, 1909

Lindholm, 1909. Zool. Issl. Oz. Baik. 4: 81, pl. 2, fig. 51.

Sphaerium (Sibirisphaerium) capiduliferumStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Sphaerium capiduliferumKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (s.s.) capiduliferumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Amesoda falsinucleus Novikov in Starobogatov & Korniushin, 1986

Novikov in Starobogatov & Korniushin, 1986. unknown publication: 37.

Amesoda (Asiocyclas) falsinucleusStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Amesoda falsinucleusKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) falsinucleusVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas tumida Ziegler, Ferussac of Authors

Ziegler, Ferussac of Authors.

Cardium amnicum Pulteney, 1799

(misidentified reference to Tellina amnica Müller, 1774)
Pulteney, 1799. Cat. Birds. Shells. Dorsetshire: 31.

Cyclas rivalis Draparnaud, 1806

(reference to Tellina rivalis Müller, 1774)
Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 154, pl. 10, figs. 4-5.

Cyclas cornea var. fossarum Krynicki, 1837

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758)
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 59. [nomen nudum]

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphærium (s.s.) corneumDall (1903)
Sphaerium (s.s.) corneumThiele (1934), Zhadin (1965), Burch (1975), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), Falkner et al. (2001), Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002), Lee & Ó Foighil (2003), Starobogatov et al. (2004), Bank (2006), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2024)
Sphaerium corneumHerrington (1962), Mackie et al. (1980), Kuiper et al. (1989), Turgeon et al. (1998), Korniushin (1998), ... Bespalaya et al. (2021), Saito et al. (2022), Prié et al. (2023), Prie et al. (2026), Bogan et al. (2026)
Sphaerium (s.s.) corneum var. westerlundiZhadin (1965)
Sphaerium (s.s.) corneaMansur & Meier-Brook (2000)
Amesoda (Asiocyclas) falsinucleusStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Sphaerium (Sibirisphaerium) levinodisStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Sphaerium (Sibirisphaerium) westerlundiStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Sphaerium (Sibirisphaerium) capiduliferumStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Sphaerium westerlundiBogan (2010), Kantor et al. (2010)
Amesoda falsinucleusKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium capiduliferumKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium levinodisKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (s.s.) capiduliferumVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (s.s.) levinodisVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (s.s.) westerlundiVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) falsinucleusVinarski & Kantor (2016)