MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Fri 13 February 2026
Bivalvia | Sphaeriida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium
species Sphaerium transversum (Say, 1829): specimens
7 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Musculium transversum — Mackie (2007), Schultheiß et al. (2008), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Fauna Europaea (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Ram et al. (2014), Saito et al. (2022), Czaja et al. (2023)
Musculium partumeium — Mackie (2007)
Sphaerium transversum — Bogan (2010), Príe et al. (2021), Prié et al. (2023)
Sphaerium (Musculium) transversum — Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Range
North America, east of the Rockies. Reported from Mexico. Introduced to Europe. (North America: NA1 NA2 NA3 NA4 Central America: CA1 North Eurasia: EU1)
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
No map available.
MUSSELp Specimen Records
INHS_58510. canal, Halifax [Calderdale], West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
GenBank Vouchers
There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.
GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced
I100410-68. (COI: KM196597, go to GenBank)
UMMZ_266722. (16S: AY093554, 18S: AY093510, 5.8S: AY093510, ITS1: AY093510, go to GenBank)
