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

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Publication Lee & Ó Foighil (2003): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Lee, T. & D. Ó Foighil. 2003. Phylogenetic structure of the Sphaeriinae, a global clade of freshwater bivalve molluscs, inferred from nuclear (ITS-1) and mitochondrial (16S) ribosomal gene sequences. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137: 245-260. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Afropisidium sterkianum Pilsbry = Odhneripisidium sterkianum

Cyclocalyx adamsi Stimpson = Euglesa adamsii

Cyclocalyx casertanum (Poli) = Euglesa casertana

Cyclocalyx compressum Prime = Euglesa compressa

Cyclocalyx fallax Sterki = Euglesa fallax

Cyclocalyx hallae Kuiper = Euglesa hallae

Cyclocalyx hibernicum Westerlund = Euglesa parvula

Cyclocalyx lilljeborgi Esmark & Hoyer = Euglesa lilljeborgii

Cyclocalyx milium Held = Euglesa milium

Cyclocalyx nipponense Kuroda = Euglesa nipponensis

Cyclocalyx nitidum Jenyns = Euglesa nitida

Cyclocalyx personatum Malm = Euglesa personata

Cyclocalyx subtruncatum Malm = Euglesa subtruncata

Cyclocalyx supinum Schmidt = Euglesa supina

Cyclocalyx variabile Prime = Euglesa variabilis

Eupera cubensis (Prime)

Eupera platensis Doello-Jurado

Odhneripisidium japonicum Pilsbry & Hirase

Odhneripisidium parvum Mori

Pisidium amnicum (Müller)

Pisidium dubium (Say)

Pisidium idahoense = Pisidium idahoensis

Sphaerium (Amesoda) fabale (Prime) = Sphaerium fabale

Sphaerium (Amesoda) rivicola (Lamarck) = Sphaerium rivicola

Sphaerium (Amesoda) simile (Say) = Sphaerium simile

Sphaerium (Amesoda) striatinum (Lamarck) = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphaerium (Amesoda) transversum (Say) = Sphaerium transversum

Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale (Prime) = Sphaerium occidentale

Sphaerium (Herringtonium) rhomboideum (Say) = Sphaerium rhomboideum

Sphaerium (Musculium) argentinum (d’Orbigny ) = Sphaerium argentinum

Sphaerium (Musculium) japonicum (Westerlund ) = Sphaerium japonicum

Sphaerium (Musculium) lacustre (Müller) = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphaerium (Musculium) miyadii Mori = Sphaerium miyadii

Sphaerium (Musculium) partumeium (Say) = Sphaerium partumeium

Sphaerium (Musculium) securis (Prime) = Sphaerium securis

Sphaerium (s.s.) baicalense Dybowski = Sphaerium baicalense

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneum (Linnaeus) = Sphaerium corneum

Sphaerium (s.s.) nucleus (Studer) = Sphaerium nucleus

Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) novaezelandia Deshayes = Sphaerium novaezelandiae

Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum (Tenison Woods) = Sphaerium tasmanicum