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

nominal species Cyclas occidentale Lewis, 1856

Cyclas occidentale Lewis, 1856 = Sphaerium occidentale

‘Prime’ Lewis, 1856. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6(1): 2.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 41, fig. 34.
‘Prime’ Lewis, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 109.
(new name for Cyclas ovalis Prime, 1853)

= Sphaerium occidentale

Taxonomic Opinions

= Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale (Lewis, 1856) — Bespalaya et al., 2023

= Sphaerium occidentaleSaito et al., 2022

= Sphaerium occidentaleBespalaya et al., 2022

= Sphaerium occidentaleBespalaya et al., 2017

= Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentaleFuentealba-Jara et al., 2017

= Sphaerium occidentaleClewing et al., 2013

= Sphaerium occidentale (J. Lewis, 1856) — ITIS, 2012

= Sphaerium occidentaleStunžėnas et al., 2011

= Sphaerium occidentale Lewis, 1856 — Bogan, 2010

= Sphaerium occidentaleSchultheiß et al., 2008

= Sphaerium occidentale Prime, 1853 — Mackie, 2007

= Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale (Prime) — Lee & Ó Foighil, 2003

= Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale (Prime, 1860) — Korniushin & Glaubrecht, 2002

= Sphaerium occidentale (Lewis, 1856) — Lee & Ó Foighil, 2002

= Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale (Lewis, 1856) — Cooley & Ó Foighil, 2000

= Sphaerium occidentale (J. Lewis, 1856) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Sphaerium occidentale (Prime) — Mackie et al., 1980

= 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, 1895

= Sphærium occidentale Prime — Lewis, 1872

= Sphærium occidentale Prime — Prime, 1870

= Sphærium occidentale Prime — Prime, 1865

 
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