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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 personata (Malm, 1855): specimens
     4 available nominal species synonyms (7 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium personatum — Schultheiß et al. (2008), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Fauna Europaea (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Bößneck et al. (2016), Múrria et al. (2020), Groh et al. (2020), Clewing et al. (2020), Saito et al. (2022), Clewing et al. (2022)
Euglesa personata — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2021), Prié et al. (2023)
Euglesa eichwaldi — Kantor et al. (2010)
Euglesa latiumbonata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Euglesa (s.s.) personata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Euglesa (s.s.) eichwaldi — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (s.s.) latiumbonata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) personatum — Voode (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Euglesa (Cyclocalyx) personata — Mouthon & Forcellini (2017)

Range

Widespread in Europe.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Georgia

UGSB_9045 (GE01/1). (16S: KF483288, 28S: KF483336, COI: KF483389, go to Genbank) Georgia, Mzcheta-Mtianeti (42.07222°N, 44.95972°E).

Germany

UGSB_14936 (DE09/3). (16S: MN511007, 28S: OL335986, COI: MN514184, go to Genbank) Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg (49.50776, 8.78299).

UGSB_14996 (DE09/4). (16S: MN511009, 28S: OL335991, COI: MN514185, H3: OK644743, go to Genbank) ditto.

Morocco

RMBH_MSph_772. (16S: ON815002, go to Genbank) Morocco: Aouinat El Hajjaj, spring from Fès-Meknès region.

RMBH_MSph_773. (16S: ON815003, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MSph_770. (16S: ON815000, 28S: ON783958, go to Genbank) Morocco: Tafoughalt, stream from the oriental region of Morocco.

North Macedonia

Mp_4346_4867. (16S: EU559139, go to Genbank) Macedonia, Belina, Lake Ohrid littoral (41.05781, 20.79838).

UGSB_10550 (MK05/1). (COI: KF483401, go to Genbank) Macedonia, municipality of Resen (40.97319° 21.05432°).

Mp_4346_4952. (16S: EU559140, go to Genbank) Macedonia, Novo Selo, swamp (41.31838, 20.81576).

Mp_4346_4953. (16S: EU559141, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4346_4954. (16S: EU559142, go to Genbank) Macedonia, Pretor, Lake Prespa shore (40.97319, 21.05432).

Mp_4346_5046. (16S: EU559143, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4346_5047. (16S: EU559144, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4346_5048. (16S: EU559145, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4346_5049. (16S: EU559146, go to Genbank) ditto.

Russia

RMBH_MSph_361. (16S: MN567195, go to Genbank) Russia: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Gyda Peninsula, Gyda village.

RMBH_MSph_366. (16S: MN567196, go to Genbank) ditto.

Turkey

UGSB_9069 (TR02/2). (16S: KF483318, COI: KF483417, H3: KU376241, go to Genbank) Turkey, Antalya (37.10960°N, 30.58551°E).