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

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species Sphaerium transversum (Say, 1829): synonymy
     1 specimen

Cyclas transversa Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(23): 356.

Sphaerium transversumHerrington (1962), Bogan (2010), Príe et al. (2021), Prié et al. (2023)
Sphaerium (Musculium) transversumClarke (1973), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Musculium transversumBurch (1975), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Korniushin (1998), Korniushin et al. (2001), ... Fauna Europaea (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Ram et al. (2014), Saito et al. (2022), Czaja et al. (2023)
Musculum [sic] transversumContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Musculium (s.s.) transversumFalkner et al. (2001)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) transversumLee & Ó Foighil (2003)

Cyclas detruncata Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 155.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 273.

Musculium transversumBurch (1975)

Cyclas gracilis Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 156.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 274.

Musculium transversumBurch (1975)

Cyclas constricta Prime, 1853
‘Anthony’ Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 274.

Musculium transversumBurch (1975)

Sphaerium pallidum Gray, 1856
Gray, 1856. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 17: 466.

Sphaerium transversumHerrington (1962)
Burch (1975)

Sphaerium contractum Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 48, fig. 46.

Sphaerium partumeiumHerrington (1962)
Musculium transversumBurch (1975)

Musculium transversum form decisum Sterki, 1916
Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas transversa Say, 1829)

Musculium transversumBurch (1975)

Sphaerium pallidium Herrington, 1962
‘Gray’ Herrington, 1962. MPUMMZ (118): 29.
(error for Sphaerium pallidum Gray, 1856)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium transversumHerrington (1962), Bogan (2010), Príe et al. (2021), Prié et al. (2023)
Sphaerium partumeiumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (Musculium) transversumClarke (1973), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Musculium transversumBurch (1975), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Korniushin (1998), Korniushin et al. (2001), ... Fauna Europaea (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Ram et al. (2014), Saito et al. (2022), Czaja et al. (2023)
Burch (1975)
Musculum [sic] transversumContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Musculium (s.s.) transversumFalkner et al. (2001)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) transversumLee & Ó Foighil (2003)

 
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