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

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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Euglesa

species Euglesa milium (Held, 1836): specimens
     9 available nominal species synonyms (10 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium milium — Mackie (2007), Schultheiß et al. (2008), Kuiper (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), ITIS (2012), Fauna Europaea (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Saito et al. (2022)
Tetragonocyclas milium — Kantor et al. (2010)
Tetragonocyclas tetragona — Kantor et al. (2010)
Tetragonocyclas baudoniana — Kantor et al. (2010)
Tetragonocyclas quadrangula — Kantor et al. (2010)
Tetragonocyclas subtetragona — Kantor et al. (2010)
Euglesa (Tetragonocyclas) milium — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Tetragonocyclas) tetragonum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Tetragonocyclas) baudoniana — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Tetragonocyclas) quadrangula — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Tetragonocyclas) subtetragona — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) milium — Voode (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Euglesa (Cyclocalyx) milium — Mouthon & Forcellini (2017)
Euglesa milium — Vinarski et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2022), Prié et al. (2023)
Euglesa (Cingulipisidium) milium — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Widespread in Eurasia, as well as North America west of the Great Lakes. Pleistocene fossils have been reported from the upper Nile.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Russia

RMBH_MSph_734. (16S: ON563637, go to Genbank) Russia: Irkutsk region, near Vitim Nature Reserve, Dannoe lake.

RMBH_MSph_644. (16S: ON563629, go to Genbank) Russia: Irkutsk region, Vitim Nature Reserve, Gnilaya Kuria.

RMBH_MSph_480. (16S: ON563567, go to Genbank) Russia: Kamchatka, Ust-Kamchatsky District, biostation "Raduga", Azabachye lake.

RMBH_MSph_245. (16S: ON563521, go to Genbank) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Bolshezemelskaya tundra, Vashutkiny Lakes, Diyaty lake.

RMBH_MSph_538. (16S: ON563590, 28S: ON783939, go to Genbank) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Nes village, Niznee Maglinskoe lake.

RMBH_MSph_783_1. (16S: ON563647, 28S: ON783962, go to Genbank) Russia: Yakutia, Srednekolymsk, lake next to the oil depot.

RMBH_MSph_783_2. (16S: ON563648, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_560_1. (16S: ON563600, go to Genbank) Russia: Yakutia, Ust-Yansky District, Ust-Kuyga village.

RMBH_MSph_560_2. (16S: ON563601, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_560_3. (16S: ON563602, go to Genbank) ditto.

Sweden

GNM-MOLOV000009535. (COI: PP204115, go to Genbank) Sweden (58.231 N 11.975583 E).

USA

RMBH_MSph_279_3. (16S: ON563525, 28S: ON783900, go to Genbank) USA: Montana, Yellowstone National Park, Swan Lake.