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

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species Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (10 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Sphaerium rivicola — Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Fauna Europaea (2012), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Múrria et al. (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Saito et al. (2022), Prié et al. (2023)
Rivicoliana rivicola — Kantor et al. (2010)
Rivicoliana bourguignati — Kantor et al. (2010)
Rivicoliana boettgeriana — Kantor et al. (2010)
Rivicoliana morini — Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (Musculium) rivicola — Stunžėnas et al. (2011)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) rivicola — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) bourguignati — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) boettgerianum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) morini — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
“Sphaerium (S)” rivicola — Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) rivicola — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Widespread in Europe.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

INHS_58298. canal, England

INHS_59301. Pest, Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary

INHS_58301. River Foss, [York], North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Russia

RMBH_MSph_97. (16S, 28S) Russia: Udmurtia, Chepyk village, Cheptsa river