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

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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.) nitidumBurch (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 nitidumHerrington (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.) nitidumZhadin (1965), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002)
Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidumFalkner et al. (2001), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Parasphaerium nitidumStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Parasphaerium nitidaKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium ovaleIUCN (2011)
Sphaerium cf. nitidumBespalaya et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2021), Saito et al. (2022)
Sphaerium (Herringtonium) nitidumBespalaya et al. (2023)

Sphaerium uintaense Call, 1886
Call, 1886. Bull. Washburn Lab. Nat. Hist. 1(6): ??.

Sphaerium nitidumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidumBurch (1975)
Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium walkeri Sterki, 1901
Sterki, 1901. Nautilus 14(12): ??.

Sphaerium nitidumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidumBurch (1975)
Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium tenue Mozley, 1938
‘Prime’ of Authors.
Mozley, 1938. unknown publication: 119.
(reference to Cyclas tenuis Prime, 1852)

Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidumClarke (1973)

Sphaerium rectidens Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967
Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967. Trudy Zool. Inst. 42: 245-246, fig. 42.

Sphaerium nitidumKorniushin (1998), Fauna Europaea (2012)
Parasphaerium rectidensStarobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) rectidensVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium nitidumHerrington (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.) nitidumZhadin (1965), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002)
Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidumFalkner et al. (2001), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Parasphaerium nitidumStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Parasphaerium rectidensStarobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010)
Parasphaerium nitidaKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium ovaleIUCN (2011)
Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) rectidensVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium cf. nitidumBespalaya et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2021), Saito et al. (2022)
Sphaerium (Herringtonium) nitidumBespalaya et al. (2023)

 
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