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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Sphaeriida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae

genus sphaeriid : synonymy
     0 Recent valid species

Cycladella Carpenter, 1865
Carpenter, 1865. Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1865): 270.

Trigonosphaerium Kobelt, 1913
Kobelt, 1913. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 45: 88.

Sulcastrum Sterki, 1930
Sterki, 1930. Nautilus 43(3): 93.

Speleopisidium Zhadin, 1952
Zhadin, 1952. Moll. SSSR (46): 325, 338.
Zhadin, 1965. Moll. USSR: 284.

Striaticyclas Starobogatov, 1968
Starobogatov, 1968. Moll. & Role in Ecosyst.: 13.

Zecyclas Starobogatov, 1968
Starobogatov, 1968. Moll. & Role in Ecosyst.: 13.

Sphaericoncha Kolesnikov, 1980
Kolesnikov, 1974. Paleobiol. & Microstruct. Studies in Paleolimnology: ??. [nomen nudum]
Kolesnikov, 1980. Limnobio. Drevn. Ozyer. Bass. Evr.: 23.

Cycladigenus Renier, 1807
Renier, 1807. Tav. Class. Anim.: vii.

Pisum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Mag. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin 5: 57.
‘Mergle’ Gray, 1853. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: 39.
Bourguignat, 1854. Rev. Mag. Zool. 6(2): 166.
(homonym of Megerle, 1811 [Brach.])

Corneicyclas Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 100.
(error for Corneocyclas Blainville, 1818)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

SphaeriumKuiper (1983)
ByssanodontaSimone (2006)
PisidiumKantor et al. (2010)
CingulipisidiumKantor et al. (2010)
RoseanaKantor et al. (2010)

 
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