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Bivalvia | Sphaeriida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium nitidum
nominal species Sphaerium nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876
Sphaerium nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876 = Sphaerium nitidum
Clessin in Westerlund, 1876. Nach. Deuts. Mal. Ges. 8(8-9): 102.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 98, pl. 12, figs. 9-11.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Sphaerium (Herringtonium) nitidum (Clessin in Westerlund, 1876) — Bespalaya et al., 2023: [12], Table 1, fig. 8.
= Sphaerium cf. nitidum — Saito et al., 2022: Table S1.
= Sphaerium nitidum (Clessin in Westerlund, 1876) — Bespalaya et al., 2022: 840, Tables 1, S1.
= Sphaerium nitidum Clessin, 1876 — Príe et al., 2021: 2935, Table 1.
= Sphaerium cf. nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876 — Bespalaya et al., 2021: 547.
= Sphaerium cf. nitidum (Clessin in Westerlund, 1876) — Bespalaya et al., 2021: 3037, Table 3.
= Sphaerium nitidum (Clessin in Westerlund, 1877) — Vinarski et al., 2020: Appendix 1.
= Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1877 — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016: 92.
= Sphaerium nitidum Westerlund, 1876 — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Sphaerium nitidum Clessin, 1876 — Fauna Europaea, 2012: [web].
+ Sphaerium ovale (Férussac, 1807) — IUCN, 2011: [web].
= Sphaerium nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876 — Bogan, 2010: [web].
= Parasphaerium nitida (Clessin in Westerlund, 1876) — Kantor et al., 2010: 292.
= Sphaerium nitidum Westerlund, 1876 — Mackie, 2007: 223, 75, figs. 8.8-8.9.
= Parasphaerium nitidum (Clessin in Westerlund, 1877) — Starobogatov et al., 2004: 61, pl. 52, figs. 4-5.
= Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876 — Korniushin & Glaubrecht, 2002: 452.
= Sphaerium nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876 — Korniushin et al., 2001: 337.
= Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidum Clessin, 1876 — Falkner et al., 2001: 69.
= Sphaerium nitidum Westerlund, 1876 — Turgeon et al., 1998: 47.
= Sphaerium nitidum sensu Odhner, 1921 — Korniushin, 1998: 79.
= Sphaerium nitidum Westerlund, 1876 — Rosenberg et al., 1997: 302.
= Sphaerium nitidum Clessin — Kuiper et al., 1989: 95.
= Sphaerium nitidum Westerlund — Mackie et al., 1980: 7.
= Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum Westerlund, 1876 — Burch, 1975: 5.
= Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876 — Clarke, 1973: 135, pl. 16, fig. 7.
= Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum Clessin, 1879 — Zhadin, 1965: 269, fig. 291.
= Sphaerium nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876 — Herrington, 1962: 21, pl. 1, fig. 6.
