MolluscaBase name details
Musculium partumeium (Say, 1822)
857208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857208)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Musculium Link, 1807 accepted as Sphaerium (Musculium) Link, 1807 represented as Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777
Calyculina elevata (Haldeman, 1841) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Calyculina ferrissii Sterki, 1902 · unaccepted (original combination)
Calyculina hodgsonii Sterki, 1902 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Calyculina partumeia (Say, 1822) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Calyculina truncata (Linsley, 1845) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Calyculina truncata (A. Gould, 1848) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyclas (Cyclas) elevata Haldemann, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cyclas coerulea Prime, 1852 · unaccepted
Cyclas eburnea Prime, 1853 · unaccepted
Cyclas elevata Haldeman, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cyclas mirabilis Prime, 1852 · unaccepted
Cyclas partumeia Say, 1822 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cyclas pellucida W. Stimpson, 1851 · unaccepted
Cyclas tenuis Prime, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyclas truncata A. Gould, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Musculium orbiculare Sterki, 1913 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Musculium partumeium var. globosum Sterki, 1916 · unaccepted
Musculium truncatum (Linsley, 1845) · unaccepted
Musculium truncatum var. albidum Sterki, 1916 · unaccepted
Musculium truncatum var. angustatum Sterki, 1916 · unaccepted
Sphaerium californicum Clessin, 1878 · unaccepted
Sphaerium tenuis (Prime, 1852) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Musculium partumeium var. globosum Sterki, 1916 accepted as Musculium partumeium (Say, 1822) accepted as Sphaerium (Musculium) partumeium (Say, 1822) represented as Sphaerium partumeium (Say, 1822)
(of Cyclas partumeia Say, 1822) Say, T. 1822. Description of univalve terrestrial and fluviatile shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia</em> 2(2): 370-381 , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831560
page(s): 380 [details]
page(s): 380 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Musculium partumeium (Say, 1822). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857208 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Cyclas partumeia Say, 1822) Say, T. 1822. Description of univalve terrestrial and fluviatile shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia</em> 2(2): 370-381 , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831560
page(s): 380 [details]
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]
additional source Thomas, G. J. (1959). Self-fertilization and production of young in a sphaeriid clam. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 72(4): 131-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521178 [details]
additional source Boozer, A. C. & Mirkes, P. E. (1979). Observations on the fingernail clam, <i>Musculium partumeium</i> (Pisidiidae), and its association with the introduced Asiatic clam, <i>Corbicula manilensis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 93(2-3): 73-83, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8275129 [details]
additional source Way, C. M., Hornback, D. J. & Burky, A. J. (1981). Seasonal metabolism of the sphaeriid clam, <i>Musculium partumeium</i>, from a permanent and a temporary pond. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 95(2): 55-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497110 [details]
page(s): 380 [details]
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]
additional source Thomas, G. J. (1959). Self-fertilization and production of young in a sphaeriid clam. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 72(4): 131-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521178 [details]
additional source Boozer, A. C. & Mirkes, P. E. (1979). Observations on the fingernail clam, <i>Musculium partumeium</i> (Pisidiidae), and its association with the introduced Asiatic clam, <i>Corbicula manilensis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 93(2-3): 73-83, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8275129 [details]
additional source Way, C. M., Hornback, D. J. & Burky, A. J. (1981). Seasonal metabolism of the sphaeriid clam, <i>Musculium partumeium</i>, from a permanent and a temporary pond. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 95(2): 55-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497110 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
