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

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species Sphaerium ovale (Férussac, 1807): synonymy
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Cyclas ovalis Férussac, 1807
Férussac, 1807. Ess. méth.: 128, 136.

Sphaerium ovaleBurch (1975), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Fauna Europaea (2012), Vinarski et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Prié et al. (2023)
Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) ovaleFalkner et al. (2001), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) obtusale [sic]Bank (2006)
Nucleocyclas ovaleKantor et al. (2010)

Cyclas consobrina Blainville, 1818
Féruss. in Blainville, 1818. Dict. Sci. Nat. 12: 279.

Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) ovaleVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium levinodis var. radiatum Westerlund, 1897
Westerlund, 1897. Ann. Mus. St. Pétersbourg 1897: ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Sphaerium levinodis Westerlund, 1876)

Amesoda (Clessinicyclas) radiataStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Sphaerium radiatumBogan (2010)
Nucleocyclas radiataKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium ovaleIUCN (2011), Fauna Europaea (2012)
Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) ovaleVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas pallida Prime, 1865
‘de Charpentier, Mss.’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 44. [nomen nudum]
‘de Charpentier, in litt.’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 153. [nomen nudum]

Sphaerium ovaleBurch (1975)

Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) obtusale Bank, 2006
‘Férussac’ Bank, 2006. Heldia 6(1/2): 60.
(error for Cyclas ovalis Férussac, 1807)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium ovaleBurch (1975), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Fauna Europaea (2012), Vinarski et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Prié et al. (2023)
Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) ovaleFalkner et al. (2001), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Amesoda (Clessinicyclas) radiataStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) obtusale [sic]Bank (2006)
Nucleocyclas ovaleKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium radiatumBogan (2010)
Nucleocyclas radiataKantor et al. (2010)

 
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