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Bivalvia | Sphaeriida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Euglesa ventricosa
nominal species Pisidium ventricosum Prime, 1851
Pisidium ventricosum Prime, 1851 = Euglesa ventricosa
Prime, 1851. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 68.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 355, pl. 11, figs. 16-18.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 72, figs. 79-80.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Euglesa (s.s.) ventricosa (Prime, 1851) — Bespalaya et al., 2023: Table 1.
= Pisidium ventricosum — Saito et al., 2022: Table S1.
= Euglesa ventricosa (Prime, 1851) — Vinarski et al., 2020: Appendix 1.
= Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) ventricosum — Bespalaya et al., 2017: 2123, Table S2.
= Pisidium ventricosum — Clewing et al., 2013: 251.
= Pisidium ventricosum Prime, 1851 — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Pisidium ventricosum Prime, 1851 — IUCN, 2011: [web].
= Pisidium ventricosum Prime, 1851 — Bogan, 2010: [web].
= Pisidium ventricosum — Schultheiß et al., 2008: Appendix I.
= Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) ventricosum Prime, 1851 — Mackie, 2007: 354, figs. 8.164-8.167.
= Pisidium ventricosum Prime, 1851 — Turgeon et al., 1998: 47.
= Pisidium ventricosum f. ventricosum Prime — Mackie et al., 1980: 7.
= Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) ventricosum Prime, 1851 — Burch, 1975: 8.
= Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) ventricosum (s. str.) Prime, 1851 — Clarke, 1973: 200, pl. 19, figs. 3-4.
+ Pisidium obtusale Pfeiffer, 1821 — Herrington, 1962: 46.
= Pisidium ventricosum Prime — Prime, 1895: 53.
= Pisidium ventricosum Prime — Prime, 1870: 173.
= Pisidium ventricosum Prime — Prime, 1865: 72, figs. 79-80.
= Pisidium ventricosum Nobis — Prime, 1852: 355, pl. 11, figs. 16-18.
