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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium

species Sphaerium transversum (Say, 1829): synonymy

1 specimen

Synonymy

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), Mackie (2007)

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), Mackie (2007)

Cyclas constricta Prime, 1853

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

Musculium transversumBurch (1975), Mackie (2007)

Sphaerium pallidum Gray, 1856

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

Sphaerium transversumHerrington (1962)
Musculium transversumMackie (2007)

Sphaerium contractum Prime, 1865

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 48, fig. 46.

Sphaerium partumeiumHerrington (1962)
Musculium transversumBurch (1975), Mackie (2007)
Musculium partumeiumMackie (2007)

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), Mackie (2007)

Sphaerium pallidium Herrington, 1962

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

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium partumeiumHerrington (1962)
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)
Musculium partumeiumMackie (2007)

 
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