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species Sphaerium occidentale (Lewis, 1856): synonymy

0 specimens + 3 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

Cyclas ovalis Prime, 1853

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

Sphaerium occidentale — Herrington (1962), Mackie (2007)
Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale — Clarke (1973), Burch (1975)

Cyclas occidentale Lewis, 1856

(new name for Cyclas ovalis Prime, 1853)
‘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.

Sphaerium occidentale — Herrington (1962), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lee & Ó Foighil (2002), Mackie (2007), ... Clewing et al. (2013), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022), Bespalaya et al. (2022), Bogan et al. (2026)
Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale — Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002), Lee & Ó Foighil (2003), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2024)

Sphaerium occidentale var. amphibium Sterki, 1907

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas occidentale Lewis, 1856)
Sterki, 1907. Proc. Ohio St. Acad. Sci. 4(8): ??. [nomen nudum]

Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale — Burch (1975)
Sphaerium occidentale — Mackie (2007)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium occidentale — Herrington (1962), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lee & Ó Foighil (2002), Mackie (2007), ... Clewing et al. (2013), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022), Bespalaya et al. (2022), Bogan et al. (2026)
Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale — Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002), Lee & Ó Foighil (2003), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2024)