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

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species Sphaerium argentinum (d’Orbigny, 1835): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Musculium argentinum — Rumi et al. (2008), Schultheiß et al. (2008), IUCN (2011), Clewing et al. (2013), Pereira et al. (2014), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Ituarte (2020), Saito et al. (2022)
Sphaerium argentinum — Bogan (2010), Bespalaya et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Musculium) argentinum — Stunžėnas et al. (2011), Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Parana Basin, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Uruguay

INHS_40677. Banados de Carrasco, Canelones, Uruguay