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

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

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genus Euglesa Jenyns, 1832: valid species
40 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Euglesa adamsii (Stimpson, 1851)
6 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in North America east of the Rockies. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium adamsi).
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium adamsi).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa aslini (Kuiper, 1983)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Endemic to the Glenelg River, Victoria, Australia. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Pisidium aslini).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa atkinsoniana (Theobald, 1876)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: India and Nepal. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium atkinsonianum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa cara (Cotton, 1953)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in eastern Australia. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Pisidium carum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791)
179 synonyms | 1 specimen
Range: Cosmopolitan. [Afrotropics, Australasia, Central America, East Asia, North America, North Eurasia, South America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Pisidium ellipticum), Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium casertanum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa cavitica (Zhadin, 1952)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Caucasia. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa centralis (Korniushin, 2000)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Central Australia. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable (Pisidium centrale).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa chankensis (Likharev in Zhadin, 1952)
5 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Lower Amur Basin, including the Ussuri, eastern Russia. [East Asia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa chilensis (d’Orbigny, 1846)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Chile. [South America]
Genbank sequences: 18S, 5.8S, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium chilense).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa clausi Korniushin, 2006
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: New Guinea. [Australasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa compressa (Prime, 1852)
18 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in North America. Introduced to Europe. [North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium compressum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa coreana (Kwon, 1990)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Korea. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: COI, mtGenome.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa costulosa (Connolly, 1931)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: South Africa. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium costulosum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa depressinitida Anistratenko & Starobogatov, 1990
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Europe to western Siberia. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa edlaueri (Kuiper, 1960)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Ohrid, Albania and Macedonia. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Endangered.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa equilateralis (Prime, 1852)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Great Lakes, northern Interior Basin and northern Atlantic Slope, North America. [North America]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium equilaterale).
Nature Serve: G4G5 (Pisidium equilaterale).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa etheridgii (E.A. Smith, 1882)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Eastern Australia. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium etheridgii).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa ethiopica (Korniushin, 1995)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Ethiopia. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered (Pisidium ethiopicum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa fallax (Sterki, 1896)
7 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Northern North America. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium fallax).
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium fallax).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa ferruginea (Prime, 1852)
9 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Northern North America. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium ferrugineum).
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium ferrugineum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa floresiana (Rensch, 1934)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Sunda Islands and New Guinea. [Australasia, East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa fultoni (Kuiper, 1983)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Endemic to Tasmania. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Pisidium fultoni).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa giraudi (Bourguignat, 1885)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika, Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Pisidium giraudi).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa globularis (Clessin in Westerlund, 1873)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread, from Europe to Magadan in the Russian Far East. Also reported from Colorado in North America. [East Asia, North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa granum (Lindholm, 1909)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa gurvichi Izzatullaev & Starobogatov in Izzatullaev, 1985
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Central Asia. [North Eurasia]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa hallae (Kuiper, 1983)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Southeastern Australia. [Australasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa henslowana (Sheppard, 1825)
25 synonyms | 1 specimen
Range: Native range 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.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium henslowanum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa hinzi (Kuiper, 1975)
6 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread, from Scandinavia to Kamchatka. [East Asia, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa hodgkini (Suter, 1905)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: New Zealand. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium hodgkini).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa interstitialis (Bössneck, Groh & Richling in Groh et al., 2020)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa keniana (Preston, 1911)
4 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Eastern Africa, including the upper Congo Basin. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium kenianum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa khurbaensis Zatravkin, 1987
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Amur Basin (Primorye), eastern Russia. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa kolymensis Bespalaya, Aksenova & Bolotov in Bespalaya, 2023
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Siberia. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa korniushini Frolov, 2010
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: European Russia. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa korotnevi (Lindholm, 1909)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa kosciusko (Iredale, 1943)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Eastern Australia. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Pisidium kosciusko).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa kyrgyzica Bespalaya, Aksenova, Kondakov & Palatov in Bespalaya, 2023
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Kyrgystan. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa langleyana (Melvill & Ponsoby, 1891)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Southern Africa, north to Lake Bangweulu, Zambia. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium langleyanum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa lilljeborgii (Clessin in Esmark & Hoyer, 1886)
16 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Holarctic, at higher latitudes and altitudes. [East Asia, North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium lilljeborgi).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa lindholmi (Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Siberia. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa ljovuschkini (Starobogatov, 1962)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Caucasia. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa lyudmilae Frolov, 2010
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: European Russia. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa maasseni (Kuiper, 1987)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Ohrid, Albania and Macedonia. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S.
IUCN Red List: Endangered.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa milium (Held, 1836)
10 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in Eurasia, as well as North America west of the Great Lakes. Pleistocene fossils have been reported from the upper Nile. [Afrotropics, East Asia, North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium milium).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa minuta (Kozhov, 1936)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa mitchelli (Prashad, 1925)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Central Asia and Kashmir. [East Asia, North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa mongolica Slugina & Starobogatov, 2001
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Khubsugal, Central Asia. [North Eurasia]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa moroccana Bespalaya, Vinarski, Aksenova, Mabrouki, Kondakov & Palatov in Bespalaya, 2023
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Morocco, eastern Europe, and Iran. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa nipponensis (Kuroda, 1930)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Japan. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, ITS1.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa nitida (Jenyns, 1832)
38 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Holarctic. Pleistocene fossils have been reported from the upper Nile. [Afrotropics, East Asia, North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium nitidum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa nordenskioldi (Clessin in Westerlund, 1876)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Eastern Europe to Siberia. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa novaezelandiae (Prime, 1862)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: New Zealand. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium novaezelandiae).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa obtusalis (Lamarck, 1818)
17 synonyms | 2 specimens
Range: Widespread, from Europe to Kamchatka. [East Asia, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa ovampica (Ancey, 1890)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Eastern, central, and southern Africa and Madagascar. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium ovampicum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa paludosa (Hutton, 1849)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Afghanistan. [East Asia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa parvula (Clessin in Westerlund, 1873)
10 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa personata (Malm, 1855)
7 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa pirogovi Starobogatov in Stadnichenko, 1984
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Western Siberia. [North Eurasia]

Euglesa pirothi (Jickeli, 1881)
8 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in Africa, from the Nile to the west and south through East Africa. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium pirothi).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa platyvalva Slugina & Starobogatov, 1994
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa ponderi (Korniushin, 2000)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. [Australasia]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium ponderi).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa ponderosa (Stelfox, 1918)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Europe and Siberia. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa pseudosphaerium (Favre, 1927)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa pulchella (Jenyns, 1832)
4 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 5.8S, ITS1.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa raddei (Dybowski, 1902)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal, Central Asia. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa rotundata (Prime, 1852)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: North America, at higher latitudes and altitudes. [North America]
Genbank sequences: COI.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium rotundatum).
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium rotundatum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa semenkevitschi (Lindholm, 1909)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa shcherbinai Frolov, 2010
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: European Russia. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa stoliczkana (Prashad, 1933)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Tibet. [East Asia]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Pisidium stoliczkanum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa subconventus (Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Siberia. [North Eurasia]

Euglesa subgranum Slugina & Starobogatov, 1994
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa subterranea (Zhadin, 1932)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Caucasia. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa subtruncata (Malm, 1855)
34 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Holarctic, from Europe to Kamchatka, as well as western and Central North America. Pleistocene fossils have been reported from the upper Nile. [Afrotropics, East Asia, North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium subtruncatum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa sundana (Rensch, 1934)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Java. [East Asia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa supina (Schmidt, 1850)
9 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Native to Europe and Central Asia. Introduced to the Laurentian Great Lakes. [North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium supinum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in eastern Australia. [Australasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa trigonoides (Dybowski, 1902)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Baikal. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa turkestanica Izzatullaev, 1974
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Central Asia. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 5.8S, ITS1.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa ultramontana (Prime, 1865)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Western North America. [North America]
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable (Pisidium ultramontanum).
Nature Serve: G1 (Pisidium ultramontanum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa variabilis (Prime, 1852)
11 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in North America. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium variabile).
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium variabile).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa ventricosa (Prime, 1851)
8 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: North America, at high latitudes and altitudes. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium ventricosum).
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium ventricosum).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa viridaria (Kuiper, 1956)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Widespread in Africa, except the west. Also Madagascar. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium viridarium).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa waldeni (Kuiper, 1975)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Northern Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Euglesa walkeri (Sterki, 1895)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: North America, high latitudes and altitudes. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Pisidium walkeri).
Nature Serve: G5 (Pisidium walkeri).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Euglesa zugmayeri (Weber, 1910)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Central Asia and Tibet. [East Asia, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Pisidium zugmayeri).
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2 3.

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