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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): synonymy
     3 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Cyclas rivicola Lamarck, 1818
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 159, fig. 14.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 302, figs. 5a-c.
‘Leach’ Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 558.

Sphærium (s.s. sec. Sphæriastrum) rivicolaDall (1903)
Sphaerium (Sphaeriastrum) rivicolaThiele (1934), Zhadin (1965), Mansur & Meier-Brook (2000)
Sphaerium rivicolaKorniushin (1998), 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)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) rivicolaFalkner et al. (2001), Lee & Ó Foighil (2003), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) rivicolaKorniushin & Glaubrecht (2002), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Rivicoliana rivicolaStarobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (Musculium) rivicolaStunžėnas et al. (2011)
“Sphaerium (S)” rivicolaFuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)

Sphaerium bourguignati Lallement & Servain, 1869
Lallement & Servain, 1869. unknown publication: 46.

Rivicoliana bourguignatiStarobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium rivicolaFauna Europaea (2012)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) bourguignatiVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium boettgerianum Servain, 1882
Bourguignat in Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 18.

Rivicoliana boettdgerianaStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Rivicoliana boettgerianaKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium rivicolaFauna Europaea (2012)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) boettgerianumVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium morini Servain, 1882
Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 11, 16.

Rivicoliana moriniStarobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) moriniVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyclas aequata of Authors, unknown year
Sheppard MSS Brit. Mus. of Authors.

Chama albida Dezallier d’Argenville, 1742
Dezallier d’Argenville, 1742. Hist. nat. Lithol. Conch.: 368, pl. 31, fig. 9.

Cyclas cornea Draparnaud, 1801
Draparnaud, 1801. Tab. Moll. Fr.: 104.
(misidentified reference to Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758; renamed Sphaerium loirae Servain, 1882)

Cyclas rivicola var. sabulicola Krynicki, 1837
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 59. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas rivicola Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) rivicolaVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Sphaerium loirae Servain, 1882
‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 15.
(new name for Cyclas cornea Draparnaud, 1801)

Rivicoliana boettdgeriana Starobogatov et al., 2004
Starobogatov et al., 2004. Key Freshw. Invert. Russia 6 (molluscs, polychaetes, nemerteans): 58.
(error for Sphaerium boettgerianum Servain, 1882)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphærium (s.s. sec. Sphæriastrum) rivicolaDall (1903)
Sphaerium (Sphaeriastrum) rivicolaThiele (1934), Zhadin (1965), Mansur & Meier-Brook (2000)
Sphaerium rivicolaKorniushin (1998), 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)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) rivicolaFalkner et al. (2001), Lee & Ó Foighil (2003), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) rivicolaKorniushin & Glaubrecht (2002), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Rivicoliana rivicolaStarobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010)
Rivicoliana bourguignatiStarobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010)
Rivicoliana boettdgerianaStarobogatov et al. (2004)
Rivicoliana moriniStarobogatov et al. (2004), Kantor et al. (2010)
Rivicoliana boettgerianaKantor et al. (2010)
Sphaerium (Musculium) rivicolaStunžėnas et al. (2011)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) bourguignatiVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) boettgerianumVinarski & Kantor (2016)
Sphaerium (Rivicoliana) moriniVinarski & Kantor (2016)
“Sphaerium (S)” rivicolaFuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)

 
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