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

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species Sphaerium asiaticum (Martens, 1864): synonymy
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Cyclas calyculata var. inflata Middendorff, 1851
Middendorff, 1851. Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 287.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas calyculata C.B. Adams, 1842)

Paramusculium inflatumStarobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium asiaticumFauna Europaea (2012)
Musculium (Paramusculium) inflataVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas asiatica Martens, 1864
Martens, 1864. Zeit. Deutsch. Geol. Gesell. 16: 349, fig. 5.

Sphaerium (s.s.) scaldianum var. asiaticumZhadin (1965)
Sphaerium corneum var. asiaticumKorniushin (1998)
Amesoda (Asiocyclas) asiaticaStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Sphaerium asiaticumBogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Fauna Europaea (2012), Príe et al. (2021)
Amesoda asiaticaKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) asiaticumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium asiaticum var. caperatum Westerlund, 1897
Westerlund, 1897. Ann. Mus. St. Pétersbourg 1897: 130.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas asiatica Martens, 1864)

Amesoda (Asiocyclas) caperataStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Amesoda caperataKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) caperataVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium transversale Westerlund, 1898
Westerlund, 1898. Acta Soc. Fenn. Fauna Flora 13: 179-180.

Amesoda (Asiocyclas) transversaleStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Amesoda transversalisKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium asiaticumFauna Europaea (2012)
Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) transversaleVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium (s.s.) scaldianum var. asiaticumZhadin (1965)
Sphaerium corneum var. asiaticumKorniushin (1998)
Paramusculium inflatumStarobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010)
Amesoda (Asiocyclas) asiaticaStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Amesoda (Asiocyclas) caperataStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Amesoda (Asiocyclas) transversaleStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Sphaerium asiaticumBogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Fauna Europaea (2012), Príe et al. (2021)
Amesoda asiaticaKantor et al. (2010)
Amesoda caperataKantor et al. (2010)
Amesoda transversalisKantor et al. (2010)
Musculium (Paramusculium) inflataVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) asiaticumVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) caperataVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) transversaleVinarski & Kantor (2016)

 
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