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species Sphaerium nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876: synonymy

0 specimens + 11 Genbank vouchers

Synonymy

Cyclas tenuis Prime, 1852

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 161.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 285.
specimen image from publication 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. Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 8, fig. 4 [as ‘Sphærium’].

Sphaerium nitidum — Herrington (1962), Mackie (2007)
Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum — Burch (1975)
Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium walkeri Sterki, 1901

Sterki, 1901. Nautilus 14(12): 141.

Sphaerium nitidum — Herrington (1962), Mackie (2007)
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)

Sphaerium vintaense Mackie, 2007

‘Call’ Mackie, 2007. OH Biol. Surv. Bull. New Series 15(3): 224.
(error for Sphaerium uintaense Call, 1886)

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 rectidens — Starobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010)
Parasphaerium nitidum — Starobogatov et al. (2004)
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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