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

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species Sphaerium nucleus (Studer, 1820): specimens
     4 available nominal species synonyms (6 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Sphaerium nucleus — Schultheiß et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Stunžėnas et al. (2011), Fauna Europaea (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), ... Múrria et al. (2020), Vinarski et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Saito et al. (2022), Prié et al. (2023)
Amesoda draparnaldii — Kantor et al. (2010)
Nucleocyclas nucleus — Kantor et al. (2010)
Amesoda scaldiana — Kantor et al. (2010)
Amesoda galitzini — Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium galitzini — IUCN (2011)
Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) draparnaldi — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Nucleocyclas) nucleus — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (s.s.) scaldianum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) galitzini — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (s.s.) nucleus — Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Widespread in Europe.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.