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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium occidentale

nominal species Cyclas ovalis Prime, 1853

Cyclas ovalis Prime, 1853 = Sphaerium occidentale

Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 276.
(homonym of Cyclas ovalis Férussac, 1807; renamed Cyclas occidentale Lewis, 1856)

= Sphaerium occidentale

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Sphaerium occidentale Prime, 1853 — Mackie, 2007

+ Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale (“Prime” Lewis, 1856) — Burch, 1975

+ Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale (Prime in Lewis, 1856) — Clarke, 1973

+ Sphaerium occidentale Prime, 1860 — Herrington, 1962

+ Sphærium occidentale Prime — Prime, 1870

+ Sphærium occidentale Prime — Prime, 1865

= Cyclas ovalis Nobis — Prime, 1853

 
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