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

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species Sphaerium nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876: specimens
     5 available nominal species synonyms (6 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Sphaerium nitidum — Bogan (2010), ITIS (2012), Fauna Europaea (2012), Vinarski et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2022)
Parasphaerium nitida — Kantor et al. (2010)
Parasphaerium rectidens — Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium ovale — IUCN (2011)
Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) nitidum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Parasphaerium) rectidens — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium cf. nitidum — Bespalaya et al. (2021), Saito et al. (2022)
Sphaerium (Herringtonium) nitidum — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Holarctic, at higher latitudes.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Russia

RMBH_MSph_497_1. (16S) Russia: Chukotka Autonomous Area, Iultinsky District, Amguema village, Chirovoe lake

RMBH_MSph_497_2. (16S, 28S) Russia: Chukotka Autonomous Area, Iultinsky District, Amguema village, Chirovoe lake

RMBH_MSph_494_2. (16S, 28S) Russia: Chukotka Autonomous Area, Iultinsky District, Amguema village, Tishina lake

RMBH_MSph_415. (16S, 28S) Russia: Krasnoyarsk Region, Taymyr Peninsula, Dudinka, Dudinka river

RMBH_MSph_339. (16S, 28S) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Kolguyev Island

RMBH_MSph_37. (16S, 28S) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Yugorsky Peninsula

RMBH_MSph_87. (16S) Russia: Nenets Autonomous Area, Yugorsky Peninsula

RMBH_MSph_372. (16S, 28S) Russia: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Gyda Peninsula, Gyda village

RMBH_MSph_11. (16S) Russia: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Yamal Peninsula, Seyaha village, Lake 1

RMBH_MSph_14. (16S) Russia: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Yamal Peninsula, Seyaha village, Lake 1

RMBH_MSph_15. (16S) Russia: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Yamal Peninsula, Seyaha village, Lake 3