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

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Publication Westerlund (1871): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Westerlund, C.A. 1871. Exposé critique des Mollusques de terre et d’eau douce de la Suède et de la Norvège. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 8 (series 3): 1-200. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium amnicum (Müll.)
+ Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818

Sphærium calyculatum (Drap.) = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphærium calyculatum β brochonianum (Bourg.) = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphærium consobrinum Fer.
+ Tellina lacustris Müller, 1774
+ Sphaerium corneum pisidioides of Authors, unknown year
+ Sphaerium scaldianum of Authors, unknown year

Sphærium consobrinum Fer. = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphærium consobrinum Fer. = Sphaerium ovale

Sphærium corneum (Lin.) = Sphaerium corneum
+ Tellina rivalis Müller, 1774

Sphærium corneum β stagnicolum (Shepp.) = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphærium corneum γ nucleum (Studer) = Sphaerium nucleus

Sphærium corneum δ tomentosum mh. = Sphaerium corneum

Sphærium corneum ζ mammillanum mh. = Sphaerium mamillanum

Sphærium lacustre (Müll.) = Sphaerium lacustre