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Sphaerium (Sphaerium) Scopoli, 1777
857013 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857013)
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Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) capiduliferum Milaschewitsch, 1909 accepted as Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) kozhovi Starobogatov & Korniushin, 1986 accepted as Sphaerium kozhovi Starobogatov & Korniushin, 1986 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) levinodis Wsterlund, 1876 accepted as Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) mamillanum Westerlund, 1871 accepted as Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) rhomboideum (Say, 1822) accepted as Sphaerium rhomboideum (Say, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) scaldianum (Normand, 1844) accepted as Sphaerium nucleus (Studer, 1820) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) westerlundi Clessin, 1873 accepted as Sphaerium westerlundi Clessin, 1873 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) austeni Prashad, 1921 represented as Sphaerium austeni Prashad, 1921
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) avanum Theobald, 1873 represented as Sphaerium avanum Theobald, 1874
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) baicalense W. Dybowski, 1902 represented as Sphaerium baicalense W. Dybowski, 1902
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) dybowskii Lindholm, 1909 represented as Sphaerium dybowskii Lindholm, 1909
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) fujianense J.-G. Sha, 1992 † represented as Sphaerium fujianense J.-G. Sha, 1992 †
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) marisminus Starobogatov, 1986 represented as Sphaerium marisminus Starobogatov, 1986
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) nucleus (Studer, 1820) represented as Sphaerium nucleus (Studer, 1820)
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) pyrum J.-G. Sha, 1992 † represented as Sphaerium pyrum J.-G. Sha, 1992 †
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) selenginense (Martinson, 1956) † represented as Sphaerium selenginense (Martinson, 1956) †
- Species Sphaerium (Sphaerium) subplanum (Reis, 1910) † represented as Sphaerium subplanum (Reis, 1910) †
recent + fossil
(of Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777) Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. <em>Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle.</em> Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 397 [details]
page(s): 397 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphaerium (Sphaerium) Scopoli, 1777. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857013 on 2025-09-11
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(of Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777) Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. <em>Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle.</em> Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 397 [details]
taxonomy source Bespalaya Yu.V., Vinarski M.V., Aksenova O.V., Babushkin E.S., Gofarov M.Yu., Kondakov A.V., Konopleva E.S., Kropotin A.V., Mabrouki Y., Ovchankova N.B., Palatov D.M., Sokolova S.E., Shevchenko A.R., Travina O.V., Taybi A.F., Sob-oleva A.A., Zubrii N.A., Bolotov I.N. (2024). Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the Sphaeriinae (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 201(2): 305-338. [Advance access publication 4 November 2023]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad139 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Mackie, G. L. (2007). Biology of freshwater corbiculid and sphaeriid clams of North America. <em>Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin New Series.</em> 15 (3: i-ix): 1-436. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
page(s): 397 [details]
taxonomy source Bespalaya Yu.V., Vinarski M.V., Aksenova O.V., Babushkin E.S., Gofarov M.Yu., Kondakov A.V., Konopleva E.S., Kropotin A.V., Mabrouki Y., Ovchankova N.B., Palatov D.M., Sokolova S.E., Shevchenko A.R., Travina O.V., Taybi A.F., Sob-oleva A.A., Zubrii N.A., Bolotov I.N. (2024). Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the Sphaeriinae (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 201(2): 305-338. [Advance access publication 4 November 2023]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad139 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Mackie, G. L. (2007). Biology of freshwater corbiculid and sphaeriid clams of North America. <em>Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin New Series.</em> 15 (3: i-ix): 1-436. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
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