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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium

species Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817): synonymy

0 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Synonymy

Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 560.

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 560.

Sphaerium simileF.C. Baker (1928), Mackie (2007)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) sulcataThiele (1934)
Sphaerium sulcatumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileClarke (1973), Burch (1975)
Sphaerium “sulcatum”Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002)

Cyclas (Amesoda) lasmampsis Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 319, pl. 82, figs. 19-21 [also as ‘Ameroda [sic] lasmampsis’].

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Cyclas solida De Kay, 1843

De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 229, pl. 25, fig. 265.

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Cyclas gigantea Prime, 1852

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 157.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 282.

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Cyclas ponderosa Prime, 1852

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 157.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 282.

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Sphaerium crassum Sterki, 1901

Sterki, 1901. Nautilus 14(12): 140.

Sphaerium crassumF.C. Baker (1928)
Sphaerium sulcatumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Sphaerium lineatum Sterki, 1910

Sterki, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): ??.

Sphaerium sulcatumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Sphaerium sulcatum var. albescens Sterki, 1916

Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Sphaerium sulcatum var. insigne Sterki, 1916

Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Sphaerium sulcatum var. planatum Sterki, 1916

Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): 432.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium simile planatumF.C. Baker (1928)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Sphaerium fallax Sterki, 1930

Sterki, 1930. Nautilus 43(3): 93.

Sphaerium sulcatumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Sphaerium sulcatum dakotense Sterki, 1930

Sterki, 1930. Nautilus 43(3): 95.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Cyclas lasmanpsis Lamarck, 1835

Lamarck, 1835. unknown publication: ??.
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 29.
(error for Cyclas (Amesoda) lasmampsis Rafinesque, 1820)

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Cyclas sarratoga Hanley, 1843

‘Lamarck’ Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 90.
(error for Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818)

Cyclas saratogea Prime, 1865

‘Lamarck’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 34.
(error for Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818)

Cyclas elliptica Prime, 1870

‘Férussac’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: ??. [nomen nudum]

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Sphaerium sulcatum decisum Brooks & Herrington, 1944

‘Sterki’ Brooks & Herrington, 1944. Nautilus 57(3): ??. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Sphaerium sulcatum obscurum Brooks & Herrington, 1944

‘Sterki’ Brooks & Herrington, 1944. Nautilus 57(3): ??. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Sphaerium sulcatum sculptum Brooks & Herrington, 1944

‘Sterki’ Brooks & Herrington, 1944. Nautilus 57(3): ??. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)
Sphaerium simileMackie (2007)

Cyclas similas Burch, 1975

‘Say’ Burch, 1975. Freshw. Sphaer. North Amer.: 48.
(error for Cyclas similis Say, 1817)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium simileF.C. Baker (1928), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lee & Ó Foighil (2002), Mackie (2007), ... ITIS (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Ram et al. (2014), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022)
Sphaerium simile planatumF.C. Baker (1928)
Sphaerium crassumF.C. Baker (1928)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) sulcataThiele (1934)
Sphaerium sulcatumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileClarke (1973), Burch (1975), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000)
Sphaerium “sulcatum”Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) simileLee & Ó Foighil (2003), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
“Sphaerium (S)” simileFuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)

 
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