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

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

species Sphaerium transversum (Say, 1829): specimens
     7 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Musculium transversum — Schultheiß et al. (2008), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Fauna Europaea (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Ram et al. (2014), Saito et al. (2022), Czaja et al. (2023)
Sphaerium transversum — Bogan (2010), Príe et al. (2021), Prié et al. (2023)
Sphaerium (Musculium) transversum — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

North America, east of the Rockies. Introduced to Europe.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

INHS_58510. canal, Halifax [Calderdale], West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England