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

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species Sphaerium tasmanicum (Tenison-Woods, 1876): synonymy
     0 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Cyclas tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876
Tenison-Woods, 1876. Pap. Roy. Soc. Tasmania (1875): 82.

Sphaerium tasmanicumKuiper (1983), Schultheiß et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Stunžėnas et al. (2011), Clewing et al. (2013), Bespalaya et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicumB.J. Smith (1992), Lee & Ó Foighil (2003), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum tasmanicumKorniushin (2000)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tazmanicum [sic]Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000)
Musculium tasmanicumKorniushin & Glaubrecht (2002)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) trasmanicum [sic]Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)

Pisidium dulvertonensis Tenison-Woods, 1876
Tenison-Woods, 1876. Pap. Roy. Soc. Tasmania (1875): 82.

Sphaerium tasmanicumKuiper (1983)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicumB.J. Smith (1992)

Sphaerium translucidum Sowerby, 1876
Sowerby, 1876. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 5, fig. 46.

Sphaerium tasmanicumKuiper (1983)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicumB.J. Smith (1992)
Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum tasmanicumKorniushin (2000)

Sphaerium macgillivrayi E.A. Smith, 1882
E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 305, pl. 7, fig. 34.

Sphaerium tasmanicumKuiper (1983)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicumB.J. Smith (1992)
Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum tasmanicumKorniushin (2000)

Sphaerium queenslandicum E.A. Smith, 1882
E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 305, pl. 7, fig. 33.

Sphaerium tasmanicumKuiper (1983)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicumB.J. Smith (1992)
Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum queenslandicumKorniushin (2000)

Australpera bradena Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 196.

Sphaerium tasmanicumKuiper (1983)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicumB.J. Smith (1992)
Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum tasmanicumKorniushin (2000)

Sphaerinova nundinalis Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 195.

Sphaerium tasmanicumKuiper (1983)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicumB.J. Smith (1992)
Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum tasmanicumKorniushin (2000)

Sphaerinova terenda Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 95.

Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicumB.J. Smith (1992)
Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum tasmanicumKorniushin (2000)

Sphaerinova victoriana Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 195.

Sphaerium tasmanicumKuiper (1983)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicumB.J. Smith (1992)
Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum tasmanicumKorniushin (2000)

Sphaerium macgillwrayi Korniushin, 1998
‘Smith’ Korniushin, 1998. Malac. Review Bivalvia 7: 79.
(error for Sphaerium macgillivrayi E.A. Smith, 1882)

Sphaerium tazmanicum Cooley & Ó Foighil, 2000
‘Tenison Woods’ Cooley & Ó Foighil, 2000. Invert. Biol. 119(3): 302.
(error for Cyclas tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876)

Sphaerium trasmanicum Fuentealba-Jara et al., 2017
Fuentealba-Jara et al., 2017. Hidrobiológica 27(1): 116.
(error for Cyclas tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium tasmanicumKuiper (1983), Schultheiß et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Stunžėnas et al. (2011), Clewing et al. (2013), Bespalaya et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicumB.J. Smith (1992), Lee & Ó Foighil (2003), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum tasmanicumKorniushin (2000)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tazmanicum [sic]Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000)
Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum queenslandicumKorniushin (2000)
Musculium tasmanicumKorniushin & Glaubrecht (2002)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) trasmanicum [sic]Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)

 
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