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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium

species Sphaerium japonicum Westerlund, 1883: synonymy

0 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers

Synonymy

Sphaerium japonicum Westerlund, 1883

Westerlund, 1883. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 15(3/4): ??.

Sphaerium (Musculium) japonicumLee & Ó Foighil (2003)
Musculium japonicumSchultheiß et al. (2008), Clewing et al. (2013), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022)
Sphaerium japonicumBogan (2010), Bespalaya et al. (2017)

Sphaerium biwaense Mori, 1933

Mori, 1933. unknown publication: ??.

Sphaerium japonicum biwaenseSlugina (2006), Bogan (2010)
Sphaerium biwaenseIUCN (2011)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium (Musculium) japonicumLee & Ó Foighil (2003)
Sphaerium japonicum biwaenseSlugina (2006), Bogan (2010)
Musculium japonicumSchultheiß et al. (2008), Clewing et al. (2013), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022)
Sphaerium japonicumBogan (2010), Bespalaya et al. (2017)
Sphaerium biwaenseIUCN (2011)

 
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