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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 nominal generic synonyms are listed. The taxonomic history (since 1900) at the bottom of the page lists the genera to which all of the currently included species have been classified.

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genus Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821: nominal genera
     55 valid species

Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821
Pfeiffer, 1821, Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 17, 123.
Type species: Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818 () = Pisidium amnicum

Psidium Goldfuss, 1832
Goldfuss, 1832, Naturh. Atlas 4: 81.
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)

Pindium Humphreys, 1845
Humphreys, 1845, Contrib. Fauna Cork. (Cuv. Soc.): 7.
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)

Piscidium Brown, 1845
Brown, 1845, Ill. Foss. Conch. G. B. & I.: 209.
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)

Gallileja Prime, 1852
‘da Costa’ of Authors.
Prime, 1852, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 348.
Prime, 1865, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 59.
Prime, 1870, Amer. J. Conch. 5: 164.
(error for Galileja Costa, 1840)

Cordula Leach, 1852
Leach, 1852, Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 288, 292.
Type species: Tellina amnica Müller, 1774 (monotypy) = Pisidium amnicum

Pera Leach, 1852
Alder, 1831, Trans. Natur. Hist. Soc. Northumbld. Durham 1: 41 [not used as valid].
Leach, 1852, Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 288, 291.
(intro'd as syn. of Cyclas Lamarck, 1799)

Pisidia Chenu, 1859
Desmarest in Chenu, 1859, Encycl. Hist. Nat., Crust. Moll. Zooph. 4: 43.
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)

Fluminina Westerlund, 1873
‘Clessin MS’ Westerlund, 1873, Fauna Moll. Terr. Fluv. Suec. Norv. Dan. (2): 529.
Type species: Tellina amnica Müller, 1774 () = Pisidium amnicum

Flumininea Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 502.
(error for Fluminina Westerlund, 1873)

Amnicana Servain, 1888
Servain, 1888, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 312.
Fagot, 1892, Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 35.

Flumina Picaglia, 1892
Picaglia, 1892, Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 16: 192.
(error for Fluminina Westerlund, 1873)

Lacustrina Sterki, 1916
Sterki, 1916, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): 473.
Type species: Pisidium idahoense Roper, 1890 () = Pisidium idahoensis

Fluminium Müller, 1921
Müller, 1921, Arch. Moll. 52: 188.
(error for Fluminina Westerlund, 1873)

Pisielium Bowler-Kelley, 1928
Bowler-Kelley, 1928, C. R. Assoc. Franç. Avanc. Sci. 52: 454.
(error for Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)

Galileia Thiele, 1934
‘O.G. Costa’ Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 853 [1296].
(error for Galileja Costa, 1840)

Hensewiana Neave, 1940
Neave, 1940, Nomen. Zool. 2: .
(error for Henslowiana Servain, 1888)

Parapisidium Kuiper, 1966
Kuiper, 1966, Arch. Moll. 95(1/2): 15.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821)
Type species: Pisidium (Parapisidium) reticulatum Kuiper, 1966 () = Pisidium reticulatum

Amuropisidium Prozorova, 1995
Prozorova, 1995, Zool. Zhur. 74(11): 34.
Type species: Pisidium baicalense var. decurtatum Lindholm, 1909 () = Pisidium decurtatum

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

PisidiumMartens (1900), H.B. Baker (1930), Thiele (1934), Goodrich & van der Schalie (1937), ..., Jihad (2023), Czaja et al. (2023), Prié et al. (2023), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Corneocyclas (Phymesoda)Dall (1903)
Corneocyclas (Pisidium)Dall (1903)
Sphaeriumvan Benthem Jutting (1931), IUCN (2011)
Pisidium (Eupisidium)Mori (1938), Mandahl-Barth (1938), Zhadin (1965)
Pisidium (s.s.)Kuiper (1962), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), ..., Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Voode (2017), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Pisidium (Neopisidium)Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Burch (1975), Daget (1998)
Pisidium (Lacustrina)Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002)
Pisidium (Amuropisidium)Starobogatov et al. (2004)
Lacustriana [sic]Starobogatov et al. (2004)
EuropisidiumKantor et al. (2010)
NeopisidiumKantor et al. (2010)
OdhneripisidiumKantor et al. (2010)
LacustrinaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Vinarski et al. (2020)
Pisidium (Kuiperipisidium)Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Pisidium (Odhneripisidium)Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
EuglesaVinarski et al. (2020)

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