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

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species Sphaerium tasmanicum (Tenison-Woods, 1876): specimens
     9 available nominal species synonyms (12 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Sphaerium tasmanicum — Schultheiß et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Stunžėnas et al. (2011), Clewing et al. (2013), Bespalaya et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) trasmanicum [sic] — Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Eastern Australia.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Australia

UGSB_22330 (AU04/1). (16S, 28S, COI, H3) Australia, Sydney (-33.73389, 151.24472)