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

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Publication Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002): summary
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Complete Citation

Korniushin, A.V. & M. Glaubrecht. 2002. Phylogenetic analysis based on morphology of viviparous freshwater clams of the family Sphaeriidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida). Zoologica Scripta 31: 415-459. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Byssanodonta paranensis d’Orbigny, 1835

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)

Eupera platensis Doello-Jurado, 1921

Musculium argentinum (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Sphaerium argentinum

Musculium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874) = Sphaerium hartmanni

Musculium incomitatum (Kuiper, 1966) = Sphaerium incomitatum

Musculium indicum (Deshayes, 1854) = Sphaerium indicum

Musculium lacustre (Müller, 1774) = Sphaerium lacustre

Musculium novaezelandiae (Deshayes, 1854) = Sphaerium novaezelandiae

Musculium securis (Prime, 1851) = Sphaerium securis

Musculium tasmanicum (Tenison-Woods, 1870) = Sphaerium tasmanicum

Musculium transversum (Say, 1829) = Sphaerium transversum

Neocorbicula limosa (Maton, 1811) = Cyanocyclas limosa

Pisidium (Afropisidium) aslini Kuiper, 1983 = Euglesa aslini

Pisidium (Afropisidium) clarckeanum [sic] G. & H. Nevill, 1871 = Hindupisidium clarkeanum

Pisidium (Afropisidium) hodgkini (Suter, 1905) = Euglesa hodgkini

Pisidium (Afropisidium) pirothi Jickeli, 1880 = Euglesa pirothi

Pisidium (Afropisidium) sterkianum Pilsbry, 1897 = Odhneripisidium sterkianum

Pisidium (Euglesa) atkinsonianum Theobald, 1876 = Euglesa atkinsoniana

Pisidium (Euglesa) carum Cotton, 1953 = Euglesa cara

Pisidium (Euglesa) casertanum (Poli, 1791) = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium (Euglesa) compressum Prime, 1851 = Euglesa compressa

Pisidium (Euglesa) etheridgei Smith, 1883 = Euglesa etheridgii

Pisidium (Euglesa) globulare Clessin in Westerlund, 1873 = Euglesa globularis

Pisidium (Euglesa) henslowanum (Sheppard, 1823) = Euglesa henslowana

Pisidium (Euglesa) hibernicum Westerlund, 1897 = Euglesa parvula

Pisidium (Euglesa) kenianum Preston, 1911 = Euglesa keniana

Pisidium (Euglesa) langleyanum Melvill & Ponsoby, 1891 = Euglesa langleyana

Pisidium (Euglesa) lilljeborgi Clessin, 1886 = Euglesa lilljeborgii

Pisidium (Euglesa) milium Held, 1836 = Euglesa milium

Pisidium (Euglesa) nitidum Jenyns, 1832 = Euglesa nitida

Pisidium (Euglesa) obtusale (Lamarck, 1818) = Euglesa obtusalis

Pisidium (Euglesa) ovampicum Ancey, 1890 = Euglesa ovampica

Pisidium (Euglesa) personatum Malm, 1855 = Euglesa personata

Pisidium (Euglesa) pseudosphaerium Favre, 1927 = Euglesa pseudosphaerium

Pisidium (Euglesa) pulchellum Jenyns, 1832 = Euglesa pulchella

Pisidium (Euglesa) subtruncatum Malm, 1855 = Euglesa subtruncata

Pisidium (Euglesa) supinum A. Schmidt, 1850 = Euglesa supina

Pisidium (Euglesa) viridarium Kuiper, 1956 = Euglesa viridaria

Pisidium (Lacustrina) subtilestriatum Lindholm, 1909 = Pisidium dilatatum
+ Pisidium (Fossaria) dilatatum Westerlund, 1897

Pisidium (Neopisidium) conventus Clessin, 1884 = Conventus conventus
+ Pisidium clessini Surbeck, 1899

Pisidium (Neopisidium) moitessierianum Paladilhe, 1866 = Odhneripisidium moitessierianum
+ Pisidium torquatum Stelfox, 1918

Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) annandalei Prashad, 1925 = Odhneripisidium annandalei

Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) stewarti Preston, 1909 = Odhneripisidium stewarti

Pisidium (Odhneripisidium) tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918 = Odhneripisidium tenuilineatum

Pisidium (s.s.) amnicum (Müller, 1774) = Pisidium amnicum

Pisidium (s.s.) dubium (Say, 1816) = Pisidium dubium

Sphaerium “sulcatum” (Say, 1816) = Sphaerium simile

Sphaerium striatinum (Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) solidum (Normand, 1844) = Sphaerium solidum

Sphaerium (Herringtonium) occidentale (Prime, 1860) = Sphaerium occidentale

Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) rivicola (Lamarck, 1818) = Sphaerium rivicola

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneum (L., 1758) = Sphaerium corneum

Sphaerium (s.s.) nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876 = Sphaerium nitidum

Sphaerium (s.s.) nucleus (Studer, 1820) = Sphaerium nucleus

Sphaerium (s.s.) rhomboidea (Say, 1822) = Sphaerium rhomboideum