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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 | Sphaerium

species Sphaerium ovale (Férussac, 1807): specimens
     3 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Sphaerium ovale — Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Fauna Europaea (2012), Vinarski et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Prié et al. (2023)
Nucleocyclas ovale — Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium radiatum — Bogan (2010)
Nucleocyclas radiata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) ovale — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Range

Northern Europe.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.