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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Euglesa

species Euglesa pirothi (Jickeli, 1881): synonymy

0 specimens + 4 Genbank vouchers

Synonymy

Pisidium (Fossarina) casertanum var. alexandrina Pallary, 1909

Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 75, pl. 4, fig. 34.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cardium casertanum Poli, 1791)

Pisidium (Fossarina) casertanum var. alexandrinaPallary (1909)
Pisidium (Afropisidium) pirothi var. alexandrinaKuiper (1962)
Pisidium pirothiKuiper (1966), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Pisidium clarckeanum var. exilis Favre, 1943

Favre, 1943. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 50: 6, figs. 1-3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium clarckeanum Prashad, 1925)

Pisidium (Afropisidium) pirothi var. exilisKuiper (1962)
Pisidium pirothiKuiper (1966), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Pisidium victoriae Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Mandahl-Barth, 1954. Ann. Mus. r. Congo belge 8° Zool. 32: 173, fig. 92.

Pisidium pirothiKuiper (1966), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010)

Pisidium lepus Kuiper, 1957

Kuiper, 1957. Arch. Moll. 86: 85, figs. 1-4.

Pisidium (Afropisidium) lepusKuiper (1962)
Pisidium pirothiKuiper (1966), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010)

Pisidium lepus var. dampfi Kuiper, 1957

Kuiper, 1957. Arch. Moll. 86: 88, figs. 5-6.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium lepus Kuiper, 1957)

Pisidium pirothiKuiper (1966)

Pisidium clarckeanum Gardner, 1932

Gardner, 1932. Mém. Inst. Égypte 18: 86, pl. 8, figs. 15-18.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 124.
(error for Pisidium clarkeanum Nevill & Nevill, 1871; misidentified reference to Pisidium clarkeanum Nevill & Nevill, 1871)

Pisidium pirothiKuiper (1966)

Pisidium costulosum Haas, 1936

Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 43.
(misidentified reference to Pisidium costulosum Connolly, 1931)

Pisidium pirothiKuiper (1966), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pisidium (Fossarina) casertanum var. alexandrinaPallary (1909)
Pisidium pirothiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Kuiper (1966), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Schultheiß et al. (2011), Clewing et al. (2022)
Pisidium (Afropisidium) pirothiKuiper (1962), Kuiper (1983), Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002)
Pisidium (Afropisidium) pirothi var. alexandrinaKuiper (1962)
Pisidium (Afropisidium) pirothi var. exilisKuiper (1962)
Pisidium (Afropisidium) lepusKuiper (1962)
Pisidium cf. pirothiClewing et al. (2022)

 
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