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

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species Sphaerium capense (Krauss, 1848): synonymy
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Cyclas capensis Krauss, 1848
Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 7, pl. 1, fig. 6.

Sphaerium capensePilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010)

Cyclas (Sphaerium) madagascariensis Tristram, 1863
Tristram, 1863. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1863: 61.

Sphaerium capenseMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Sphaerium vinosum Dupuis, 1923
Dupuis, 1923. unknown publication: 21.

Sphaerium vinosumPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Sphaerium capenseDaget (1998)

Sphaerium capense Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 5, figs. 45a-b.
(reference to Cyclas capensis Krauss, 1848)

Sphaerium vinosumPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium capensePilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010)
Sphaerium vinosumPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)

 
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