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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium

species Sphaerium securis (Prime, 1852): synonymy

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Cyclas cardissa Prime, 1852

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 160.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 277.

Musculium securisBurch (1975), Mackie (2007)

Cyclas sphaerica Prime, 1853

‘Anthony’ Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 275 [as ‘sphærica’].
specimen image from publication‘Anthony’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 50, fig. 49.

Sphaerium securisHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (Musculium) securisClarke (1973)
Musculium securisBurch (1975), Mackie (2007)

Cyclas crocea Lewis, 1854

Lewis, 1854. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 5: ??.

Musculium securisBurch (1975), Mackie (2007)

Sphaerium deformis Carpenter, 1902

Carpenter, 1902. Nautilus 15(11): ??.

Musculium securisMackie (2007)

Musculium parvum Sterki, 1909

Sterki, 1909. Nautilus 23(5): ??.

Sphaerium securisHerrington (1962)
Musculium securisBurch (1975), Mackie (2007)

Musculium australe Sterki, 1916

Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.

Sphaerium securisHerrington (1962)
Musculium securisBurch (1975), Mackie (2007)

Musculium sphaericum var. succineum Sterki, 1916

Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sphaerica Prime, 1853)

Musculium securisBurch (1975), Mackie (2007)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium securisHerrington (1962), Bogan (2010), Bespalaya et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Musculium) securisClarke (1973), Lee & Ó Foighil (2003), Stunžėnas et al. (2011), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Musculium securisBurch (1975), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002), ... ITIS (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Ram et al. (2014), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022)

 
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