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Bivalvia | Sphaeriida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Pisidium

species Pisidium dorbignyi Clessin, 1879: synonymy

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Synonymy

Cyclas pulchella d’Orbigny, 1835

d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 44.
(homonym of Pisidium pulchellum Jenyns, 1832; renamed Pisidium dorbignyi Clessin, 1877)

Pisidium pulchellum — Simone (2006)
Pisidium dorbignyi — Ituarte (2007)

Pisidium dorbignyi Clessin, 1877

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 62.
(new name for Cyclas pulchella d’Orbigny, 1835)

Pisidium pulchellum — Simone (2006)
Pisidium dorbignyi — Ituarte (2007), Rumi et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Pereira et al. (2014), Ituarte (2020)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pisidium pulchellum — Simone (2006)
Pisidium dorbignyi — Ituarte (2007), Rumi et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Pereira et al. (2014), Ituarte (2020)

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