MUSSELp

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium

species Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818): specimens

6 available nominal species synonyms (10 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Sphaerium rivicolaBogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Fauna Europaea (2012), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Múrria et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Saito et al. (2022), Prié et al. (2023)
Rivicoliana boettgerianaKantor et al. (2010)
Rivicoliana bourguignatiKantor et al. (2010)
Rivicoliana moriniKantor et al. (2010)
Rivicoliana rivicolaKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (Musculium) rivicolaStunžėnas et al. (2011)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) rivicolaVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) boettgerianumVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) bourguignatiVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) moriniVinarski & Kantor (2016)
“Sphaerium (S)” rivicolaFuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) rivicolaBespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Widespread in Europe.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Sphaerium rivicola

MUSSELp Specimen Records


INHS_58298. canal, England

INHS_59301. Pest, Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary

INHS_58301. River Foss, [York], North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


Russia

RMBH_MSph_97. (16S: ON814872, 28S: ON783891, go to Genbank) Russia: Udmurtia, Chepyk village, Cheptsa river.