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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Sphaerium partumeium (Say, 1822): synonymy
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Cyclas partumeia Say, 1822
Say, 1822. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2: 380.

Sphaerium partumeiumHerrington (1962), Bogan (2010), Bespalaya et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Musculium) partumeiumClarke (1973), Lee & Ó Foighil (2003), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), Mackie (2007), Schultheiß et al. (2008), ITIS (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022), Czaja et al. (2023)

Cyclas elevata Haldeman, 1841
Haldeman, 1841. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1: 53.

Sphaerium partumeiumHerrington (1962)
Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Cyclas truncata Linsley, 1845
Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 276.
Lindsley in Gould, 1848. Amer. J. Sci. 56(17): 324, fig. 3.

Sphaerium partumeiumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (Musculium) partumeiumClarke (1973)
Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Lucina lenticula Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 259.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 413, pl. 36, fig. 528 [as ‘Cyclas’].

Cyclas pellucida Stimpson, 1851
‘Prime’ Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 16.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 277.
(new name for Cyclas calyculata C.B. Adams, 1842)

Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Cyclas caerulea Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 161.

Cyclas coerulea Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: ??.

Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Cyclas mirabilis Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 157.

Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Cyclas eburnea Prime, 1853
‘Anthony’ Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 279.

Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Calyculina ferrissii Sterki, 1902
Sterki, 1902. Nautilus 16(8): ??.

Sphaerium partumeiumHerrington (1962)
Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Calyculina hodgsonii Sterki, 1902
Sterki, 1902. Nautilus 16(8): ??.

Sphaerium partumeiumHerrington (1962)
Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Musculium orbiculare Sterki, 1913
Sterki, 1913. Nautilus 26(12): 140.

Sphaerium partumeiumHerrington (1962)
Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Musculium partumeium var. globosum Sterki, 1916
Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas partumeia Say, 1822)

Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Musculium truncatum var. albidum Sterki, 1916
Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.
(homonym of Chama albida Dezallier d’Argenville, 1742; intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas truncata Linsley, 1845)

Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Musculium truncatum var. angustatum Sterki, 1916
Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas truncata Linsley, 1845)

Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Cyclas calyculata C.B. Adams, 1842
C.B. Adams, 1842. [in] Thompson, History of Vermont (1): ??.
C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 15.
(misidentified reference to Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud, 1806; renamed Cyclas pellucida Stimpson, 1851)

Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Cyclas orbicularia Linsley, 1845
‘Barratt’ Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 276. [nomen nudum]

Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium partumeiumHerrington (1962), Bogan (2010), Bespalaya et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Musculium) partumeiumClarke (1973), Lee & Ó Foighil (2003), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Musculium partumeiumBurch (1975), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), Mackie (2007), Schultheiß et al. (2008), ITIS (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022), Czaja et al. (2023)

 
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