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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 nitida (Jenyns, 1832): specimens
     31 available nominal species synonyms (38 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium nitidum — Schultheiß et al. (2008), Kuiper (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), WoRMS (2011), ... Groh et al. (2020), Clewing et al. (2020), Saito et al. (2022), Clewing et al. (2022), Czaja et al. (2023)
Cingulipisidium nitidum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium splendens — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium fedderseni — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium crassum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium shadini — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium kozhovi — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium rotundicostata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium tanuga — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium khurdinensis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium pulchricingulatum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium cingulatum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium feroense — Kantor et al. (2010)
Pisidium conventus — IUCN (2011)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] nitida — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] splendens — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] fedderseni — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] crassa — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] shadini — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] kozhovi — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] rotundicostata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] tanuga — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] khurdinensis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] pulchricingulata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] cingulata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) [sic] feroense — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) nitidum — Voode (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Euglesa (Cyclocalyx) nitida — Mouthon & Forcellini (2017)
Euglesa nitidum — Vinarski et al. (2020)
Pisidium cf. nitidum — Clewing et al. (2020), Saito et al. (2022), Clewing et al. (2022)
Euglesa nitida — Príe et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2022), Prié et al. (2023)
Euglesa (Cingulipisidium) nitida — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Holarctic. Pleistocene fossils have been reported from the upper Nile.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

China

UGSB_10999 (CN21/4). (16S, 28S) China, Tibet, Bangong Co (33.57666° 79.86945°)

UGSB_11000 (CN21/5). (16S, COI, H3) China, Tibet, Bangong Co (33.57666°N, 79.86945°E)

UGSB_8406 (CN07/3). (16S, COI) China, Tibet, Lake Manasarovar (30.60952° 81.36448°)

Germany

Mp_4346_5133. (16S) Germany, Zarrentin (53.58138, 10.9525)

UGSB_10561 (DE01/1). (16S, COI) Germany, Zarrentin (53.58138, 10.9525)

Russia

RMBH_MSph_234. (16S) Russia: Arkhangelsk region, Solovetsky Islands, Bolshoy Solovetsky Island, Varavinskoe lake

RMBH_MSph_721. (16S) Russia: Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula, Luvenga village

RMBH_MSph_731. (16S) Russia: North Ossetia–Alania, Bacha cave

RMBH_MSph_730. (16S, 28S) Russia: North Ossetia–Alania, Bekan lake

RMBH_MSph_568. (16S, 28S) Russia: Yakutia, Ust-Yansky District, Ust-Kuyga village, Kuyga river

RMBH_MSph_759. (16S) Russia: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Dlinnoe lake

Sweden

GNM-MOLOV000009550. (COI) Sweden (58.288278 N 11.979556 E)

GNM-MOLOV000009551. (COI) Sweden (58.288278 N 11.979556 E)

GNM-MOLOV000009552. (COI) Sweden (67.08475 N 20.345 E)

GNM-MOLOV000009553. (COI) Sweden (67.08475 N 20.345 E)

Turkey

UGSB_9064 (TR01/1). (16S, 28S, COI, H3) Turkey, Isparta (37.88664° 30.85872°)

USA

RMBH_MSph_279_1. (16S, 28S) USA: Montana, Yellowstone National Park, Swan Lake