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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 lacustre (Müller, 1774): specimens
     35 available nominal species synonyms (40 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Musculium lacustre — Taylor et al. (2007), Mackie (2007), Schultheiß et al. (2008), Kantor et al. (2010), Kiliçaslan & Özbek (2010), ... Múrria et al. (2020), Vinarski et al. (2020), Groh et al. (2020), Saito et al. (2022), Clewing et al. (2022)
Sphaerium lacustre — Bogan (2010), He & Zhuang (2013), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Príe et al. (2021), Prié et al. (2023)
Musculium ryckholtii — Kantor et al. (2010)
Musculium creplini — Kantor et al. (2010)
Musculium terverianum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Musculium steinii — Kantor et al. (2010)
Musculium compressum — Kantor et al. (2010), IUCN (2011)
Musculium mucronulatum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium maroccanum — IUCN (2010)
Musculium hungaricum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Musculium clessini — Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium compressum — Bogan (2010)
Musculium heterodon — Kantor et al. (2010)
Musculium johanseni — Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium amurense — Bogan (2010)
Musculium amurense — Kantor et al. (2010)
Musculium jurievi — Kantor et al. (2010)
Musculium kafanovi — Kantor et al. (2010)
Musculium likharevi — Kantor et al. (2010)
Musculium moussoni — Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (Musculium) lacustre — Stunžėnas et al. (2011), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Musculium (s.s.) lacustre — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) ryckholti — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) creplini — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) terverianum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) steinii — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) compressum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) mucronulatum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) hungaricum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) clessini — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) moussoni — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) heterodon — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) johanseni — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) amurense — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) jurievi — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) kafanovi — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium (s.s.) likharevi — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Musculium lacustris — Clewing et al. (2020)

Range

Holarctic, Eurasia and North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

INHS_58513. pond, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England

Belgium

INHS_57927. Belgium

England

INHS_58297. England

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Georgia

UGSB_9048 (GE03/1). (16S: KF483289, COI: KF483391, H3: KU376222, go to Genbank) Georgia, Gurien (42.04722°N, 41.76638°E).

Russia

RMBH_MSph_675. (16S: ON814977, 28S: ON783948, go to Genbank) Russia: Irkutsk region, Irkutsk.

RMBH_MSph_402_1. (16S: ON814938, go to Genbank) Russia: Irkutsk region, Novaya Razvodnaya village, lake lake next to the dam.

RMBH_MSph_402_2. (16S: ON814939, go to Genbank) ditto.

USA

RMBH_MSph_283_1. (16S: ON814901, go to Genbank) USA: Montana, Yellowstone National Park, Madison River.

RMBH_MSph_279_2. (16S: ON814899, go to Genbank) USA: Montana, Yellowstone National Park, Swan Lake.