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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium simile

nominal species Sphaerium sulcatum var. albescens Sterki, 1916

Sphaerium sulcatum var. albescens Sterki, 1916 = Sphaerium simile

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

= Sphaerium simile

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817) — Mackie, 2007

+ Sphaerium (s.s.) simile (Say, 1816) — Burch, 1975

 
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