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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae

genus Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777: valid species
52 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Sphaerium aequatoriale (Clessin in Miller, 1879)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Ecuador. [South America]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium argentinum (d’Orbigny, 1835)
2 synonyms | 1 specimen
Range: Parana Basin, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. [South America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Musculium argentinum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium asiaticum (Martens, 1864)
4 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Central Asia to the Lower Amur Basin, eastern Russia. [East Asia, North Eurasia]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium austeni Prashad in Annandale & Prashad, 1921
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Manipur, India. [East Asia]
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium avanum Theobald, 1873
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Myanmar. [East Asia]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium baicalense Dybowski, 1902
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 18S, 5.8S, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium bequaerti (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in tropical Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium cambaraense (Mansur, Meier-Brook & Ituarte, 2008)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: South America. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium capense (Krauss, 1848)
4 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Southern Africa and Madagascar. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium cecilae Prashad, 1921
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Sumatra, Indonesia. [East Asia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)
24 synonyms | 7 specimens
Range: Native to northern Eurasia from Europe to Kamchatka. Introduced to the Laurentian Great Lakes. [East Asia, North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, mtGenome.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium costaricanum Martens, 1900
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Costa Rica. [Central America]

Sphaerium davisi (Bartsch, 1908)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Ecuador. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium dybowskii Lindholm, 1909
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium fabale (Prime, 1852)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Eastern North America. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium forbesi (Philippi, 1869)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Titicaca, Peru and Bolivia. [South America]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium haasi Boettger, 1915
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Aru Islands, Indonesia. [Australasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874)
13 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in tropical Africa, north to Egypt. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: COI.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2 3 4.

Sphaerium incomitatum (Kuiper, 1966)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Southern Africa and the upper Congo. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern, Least Concern (Musculium incomitatum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium indicum Deshayes, 1854
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Nepal. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium jalapensis Pilsbry, 1904
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Mexico. [Central America]

Sphaerium japonicum Westerlund, 1883
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Japan. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Sphaerium biwaense).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium kashmirensis Prashad, 1937
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Kashmir. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Musculium goshaitanensis).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium kendricki Kuiper, 1983
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Western Australia. [Australasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium korotniewii Dybowski, 1902
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium kozhovi Starobogatov in Startobogatov & Korniushin, 1986
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]

Sphaerium lacusedes (Iredale, 1943)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Endemic to Tasmania. [Australasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium lacustre (Müller, 1774)
40 synonyms | 2 specimens
Range: Holarctic, Eurasia and North America. [East Asia, North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1, mtGenome.
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Sphaerium maroccanum), Least Concern (Musculium compressum), Least Concern (Musculium lacustre).
Nature Serve: G5 (Musculium lacustre).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium lauricochae (Philippi, 1869)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Northern Argentina to Peru. [South America]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium limanicum Moskvicheva in Zatravkin & Moskvicheva, 1986
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Amur River. [East Asia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium luridum Martens, 1900
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Mexico. [Central America]

Sphaerium mamillanum Westerlund, 1871
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: European Russia. [North Eurasia]

Sphaerium marisminus Starobogatov in Startobogatov & Korniushin, 1986
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium martensi Pilsbry, 1899
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Mexico. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium mexicanum (Dall, 1905)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: San Luis Potosi, Mexico. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium miyadii Mori, 1933
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Kuril Islands, eastern Russia. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Sphaerium myadii).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium montanum Tapparone Canefri, 1889
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Myanmar. [East Asia]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium nitidum Clessin in Westerlund, 1876
6 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Holarctic, at higher latitudes. [East Asia, North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium novaezelandiae Deshayes, 1854
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: New Zealand. [Australasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Musculium novaezelandiae).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium novoleonis Pilsbry, 1904
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Mexico. [Central America]

Sphaerium nucleus (Studer, 1820)
6 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Sphaerium galitzini).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium nyanzae E.A. Smith, 1892
4 synonyms | 4 specimens
Range: Endemic to Lake Victoria. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2 3.

Sphaerium occidentale (Lewis, 1856)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in North America. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium okinawaense Mori, 1937
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Taiwan. [East Asia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium ovale (Férussac, 1807)
5 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Northern Europe. [North Eurasia]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium partumeium (Say, 1822)
17 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in North America. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Musculium partumeium).
Nature Serve: G5 (Musculium partumeium).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium parvium Yen, 1948
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Yangtze River, China. [East Asia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium patagonicum (Pilsbry, 1911)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Argentina. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium patella (Gould, 1850)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Western North America. [North America]
Nature Serve: G2G3.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium problematicum Gabriel, 1939
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Eastern Australia. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Musculium problematicum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium queretaronis Pilsbry, 1926
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Mexico. [Central America]

Sphaerium quirindi (Korniushin, 2000)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Northeastern New South Wales, Australia. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Musculium quirindi).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium ranae van Benthem Jutting, 1927
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Island of Buru, Maluku Islands, Indonesia. [East Asia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium regulare Mandahl-Barth, 1954
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lakes Victoria and Edward, Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Endangered (Sphaerium regularis).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium rhomboideum (Say, 1822)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: North America, at higher latitudes. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818)
10 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium ryckholtii (Normand, 1844)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Caucasia. [North Eurasia]

Sphaerium securis (Prime, 1852)
7 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in North America. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Musculium securis).
Nature Serve: G5 (Musculium securis).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817)
22 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: North America, at higher latitudes. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium solidum (Normand, 1844)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium striatinum (Lamarck, 1818)
64 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in North America. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium stuhlmanni Martens, 1897
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Victoria, Africa. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium subtransversum Prime, 1860
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Mexico. [Central America]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Musculium transversum).
Nature Serve: G5 (Musculium transversum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium tasmanicum (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
12 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Eastern Australia. [Australasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium tatiarae Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Southeastern Australia and Tasmania. [Australasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium titicacense (Pilsbry, 1924)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Titicaca, Peru and Bolivia. [South America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Sphaerium transversum (Say, 1829)
8 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: North America, east of the Rockies. Introduced to Europe. [North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium triangulare (Say, 1829)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Mexico. [Central America]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Sphaerium victoriae E.A. Smith, 1906
5 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Upper Nile Great Lakes, Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

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