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

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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Odhneripisidium

species Odhneripisidium moitessierianum (Paladilhe, 1866): specimens
     3 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium moitessierianum — Mackie (2007), Kuiper (2009), Bogan (2010), WoRMS (2011), Fauna Europaea (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Sousa et al. (2014), Saito et al. (2022)
Pisidium moitesserianum [sic] — Schultheiß et al. (2008)
Neopisidium moitessierianum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Neopisidium trigonum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Neopisidium torquatum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Pisidium (Neopisidium) moitessierianum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Pisidium (Neopisidium) trigonum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Pisidium (Neopisidium) torquatum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Odhneripisidium moitessierianum — Mouthon & Forcellini (2017), Príe et al. (2021), Prié et al. (2023), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) moitesserianum [sic] — Bespalaya et al. (2017)

Range

Europe, with Late Pleistocene specimens reported from the upper Nile. Introduced to the Laurentian Great Lakes.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Sweden

GNM-MOLOV000009561. (COI: PP204141, go to Genbank) Sweden (58.572278 N 13.942361 E).

GNM-MOLOV000009562. (COI: PP204142, go to Genbank) ditto.

GNM-MOLOV000009563. (COI: PP204143, go to Genbank) ditto.

GNM-MOLOV000009564. (COI: PP204144, go to Genbank) ditto.