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

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species Sphaerium indicum Deshayes, 1854: specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Musculium indicum — Nesemann et al. (2007), Clewing et al. (2013), Bößneck et al. (2016), Kondakov et al. (2020), Groh et al. (2020), Clewing et al. (2020), Saito et al. (2022), Clewing et al. (2022), Wu et al. (2023)
Sphaerium indicum — Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011)
Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) indicum — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Nepal.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Nepal

UGSB_9098 (NP03/4). (16S, 28S, COI, H3) Nepal, Bagmati, small stream in the Godavari Botanical Gardens (south of Kathmandu) (27.59693° 85.37914°)

UGSB_9095 (NP03/6). (16S, COI) Nepal, Bagmati, small stream in the Godavari Botanical Gardens (south of Kathmandu) (27.59693°N, 85.37914°E)

UGSB_9096 (NP03/5). (16S, COI) Nepal, Bagmati, small stream in the Godavari Botanical Gardens (south of Kathmandu) (27.59693°N, 85.37914°E)