MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Sphaerium argentinum specimens

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Thu 04 Apr 2024

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This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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species Sphaerium argentinum (d’Orbigny, 1835): specimens
2 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Musculium argentinum — Rumi et al. (2008), Schultheiß et al. (2008), IUCN (2011), Clewing et al. (2013), Pereira et al. (2014), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017), Ituarte (2020), Saito et al. (2022)
Sphaerium argentinum — Bogan (2010), Bespalaya et al. (2017)
Sphaerium (Musculium) argentinum — Stunžėnas et al. (2011), Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range: Parana Basin, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Uruguay
INHS_40677 Banados de Carrasco, Canelones, Uruguay

Genbank Vouchers

UMMZ_266668 (16S, ITS1, 5.8S, 18S)

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