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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium species Sphaerium occidentale (Lewis, 1856): synonymy 0 specimens + 3 Genbank vouchers Cyclas ovalis Prime, 1853 Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 276. (homonym of Cyclas ovalis Férussac, 1807; renamed Cyclas occidentale Lewis, 1856)
Sphaerium occidentale — Herrington (1962) Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale — Clarke (1973), Burch (1975) | |
Cyclas occidentale Lewis, 1856 ‘Prime’ Lewis, 1856. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6(1): 2.
Prime, 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 — Herrington (1962), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lee & Ó Foighil (2002), Mackie (2007), ... ITIS (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022), Bespalaya et al. (2022) 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. (2023) | |
Sphaerium occidentale var. amphibium Sterki, 1907 Sterki, 1907. Proc. Ohio St. Acad. Sci. 4(8): ??. [nomen nudum] (intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas occidentale Lewis, 1856)
Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale — Burch (1975) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Sphaerium occidentale — Herrington (1962), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lee & Ó Foighil (2002), Mackie (2007), ... ITIS (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022), Bespalaya et al. (2022) 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. (2023)
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