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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!

Bivalvia | ... | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium

species Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817): specimens
     13 available nominal species synonyms (22 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Sphaerium simile — Schultheiß et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Stunžėnas et al. (2011), ITIS (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Ram et al. (2014), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022)
“Sphaerium (S)” simile — Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) simile — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

North America, at higher latitudes.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Canada

RMBH_MSph_405_2. (16S, 28S) Canada: Ontario, Sudbury