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Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium

species Sphaerium argentinum (d’Orbigny, 1835): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Musculium argentinumRumi et al. (2008), Schultheiß et al. (2008), IUCN (2011), Clewing et al. (2013), Pereira et al. (2014), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Ituarte (2020), Saito et al. (2022)
Sphaerium argentinumBogan (2010), Bespalaya et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Musculium) argentinumStunžėnas et al. (2011), Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Parana Basin, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Sphaerium argentinum

MUSSELp Specimen Records


Uruguay

INHS_40677. Banados de Carrasco, Canelones, Uruguay

Genbank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.