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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium species Sphaerium nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876: synonymy 0 specimens + 11 Genbank vouchers Cyclas tenuis Prime, 1852 Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 161. Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 285.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 47, fig. 44.
Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum — Burch (1975) | |
Sphaerium nitidum Westerlund, 1876 Clessin in Westerlund, 1876. Nach. Deuts. Mal. Ges. 8(8-9): 102. Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 98, pl. 12, figs. 9-11.
Sphaerium nitidum — Herrington (1962), Mackie et al. (1980), Kuiper et al. (1989), Rosenberg et al. (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... ITIS (2012), Fauna Europaea (2012), Vinarski et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2022) Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum — Zhadin (1965), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002) Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidum — Falkner et al. (2001), Vinarski & Kantor (2016) Parasphaerium nitidum — Starobogatov et al. (2004) Parasphaerium nitida — Kantor et al. (2010) Sphaerium ovale — IUCN (2011) Sphaerium cf. nitidum — Bespalaya et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2021), Saito et al. (2022) Sphaerium (Herringtonium) nitidum — Bespalaya et al. (2023) | |
Sphaerium uintaense Call, 1886 Call, 1886. Bull. Washburn Lab. Nat. Hist. 1(6): ??.
Sphaerium nitidum — Herrington (1962) Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum — Burch (1975) Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016) | |
Sphaerium walkeri Sterki, 1901 Sterki, 1901. Nautilus 14(12): ??.
Sphaerium nitidum — Herrington (1962) Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum — Burch (1975) Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016) | |
Sphaerium tenue Mozley, 1938 ‘Prime’ of Authors. Mozley, 1938. unknown publication: 119. (reference to Cyclas tenuis Prime, 1852)
Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum — Clarke (1973) | |
Sphaerium rectidens Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967 Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967. Trudy Zool. Inst. 42: 245-246, fig. 42.
Sphaerium nitidum — Korniushin (1998), Fauna Europaea (2012) Parasphaerium rectidens — Starobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010) Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) rectidens — Vinarski & Kantor (2016) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Sphaerium nitidum — Herrington (1962), Mackie et al. (1980), Kuiper et al. (1989), Rosenberg et al. (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... ITIS (2012), Fauna Europaea (2012), Vinarski et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2022) Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum — Zhadin (1965), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002) Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidum — Falkner et al. (2001), Vinarski & Kantor (2016) Parasphaerium nitidum — Starobogatov et al. (2004) Parasphaerium rectidens — Starobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010) Parasphaerium nitida — Kantor et al. (2010) Sphaerium ovale — IUCN (2011) Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) rectidens — Vinarski & Kantor (2016) Sphaerium cf. nitidum — Bespalaya et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2021), Saito et al. (2022) Sphaerium (Herringtonium) nitidum — Bespalaya et al. (2023)
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