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

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Bivalvia | ... | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Euglesa

species Euglesa compressa (Prime, 1852): specimens
     18 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium compressum — Schultheiß et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ITIS (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Ram et al. (2014), Saito et al. (2022)
Euglesa (Cyclocalyx) compressa — Mouthon & Forcellini (2017)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) compressum — Bespalaya et al. (2017), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Euglesa compressum — Vinarski et al. (2020)
Euglesa compressa — Príe et al. (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Prié et al. (2023)
Euglesa (Casertiana) compressa — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Widespread in North America. Introduced to Europe.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

RMBH_MSph_282_2. (16S, 28S) USA: Montana, Yellowstone National Park, Madison River

RMBH_MSph_286_3. (16S, 28S) USA: Montana, Yellowstone National Park, Madison River