MSBIAS taxon details
Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777
181560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181560)
accepted
Genus
Musculium Link, 1807 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Sphaerium (Musculium) Link, 1807 · alternative representation
- Species Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Sphaerium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Subgenus Sphaerium (Musculium) Link, 1807 represented as Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777
recent + fossil
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 Scopoli, 1777. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181560 on 2025-06-06
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181560 on 2025-06-06
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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]
original description (of Musculium Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 152 [details]
basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 85 [details] Available for editors
additional source Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. <em>Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences.</em> 1(3): 97-239, pls. 1-9., available online at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/Vol-1-No-3.pdf
page(s): 215 [details]
additional source Allen, J. A. (1911). Notes on collecting <i>Sphaerium</i> and <i>Pisidium</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 24(12): 141-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1760957 [details]
additional source Carpenter, H. F. (1889). The shell-bearing Mollusca of Rhode Island. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 3(1): 11-12; 3(2): 21-23; 3(3): 32-33; 3(5): 56-59; 3(6): 69-71; 3(7): 82-83; 3(8): 92-95., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596377
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Becher, E. F. (1886). A Sind lake. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 1(3): 91-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2061369
page(s): 96; note: An unidentified species [details]
status source Lee, T.; Foighil, D. Ó. (2003). Phylogenetic structure of the Sphaeriinae, a global clade of freshwater bivalve molluscs, inferred from nuclear (ITS-1) and mitochondrial (16S) ribosomal gene sequences. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 137(2): 245-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00047.x [details] Available for editors
page(s): 397 [details]
original description (of Musculium Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 152 [details]
basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 85 [details] Available for editors
additional source Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. <em>Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences.</em> 1(3): 97-239, pls. 1-9., available online at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/Vol-1-No-3.pdf
page(s): 215 [details]
additional source Allen, J. A. (1911). Notes on collecting <i>Sphaerium</i> and <i>Pisidium</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 24(12): 141-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1760957 [details]
additional source Carpenter, H. F. (1889). The shell-bearing Mollusca of Rhode Island. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 3(1): 11-12; 3(2): 21-23; 3(3): 32-33; 3(5): 56-59; 3(6): 69-71; 3(7): 82-83; 3(8): 92-95., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596377
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Becher, E. F. (1886). A Sind lake. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 1(3): 91-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2061369
page(s): 96; note: An unidentified species [details]
status source Lee, T.; Foighil, D. Ó. (2003). Phylogenetic structure of the Sphaeriinae, a global clade of freshwater bivalve molluscs, inferred from nuclear (ITS-1) and mitochondrial (16S) ribosomal gene sequences. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 137(2): 245-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00047.x [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Musculium) (from synonym Musculium Link, 1807)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaerium)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Musculium Link, 1807)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437554)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1438812) (from synonym Musculium Link, 1807)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1441781)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaerium)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Musculium Link, 1807)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437554)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1438812) (from synonym Musculium Link, 1807)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1441781)
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