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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!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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species Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817): nominal species

Cyclas similis Say, 1817
Say, 1817, Nich. Encyc. 2: pl. 1, fig. 9.

Cyclas similisSay (1817), Ferussac (1835), Hanley (1843), Prime (1853)
Cyclas (Corneocyclas) similisBlainville (1818)
Cyclas (Amesoda) similisRafinesque (1820)
Sphærium simileDeshayes (1854), Prime (1870), Prime (1895)
Sphærium sulcatumPrime (1865)
Sphaerium simileF.C. Baker (1928), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lee & Ó Foighil (2002), ..., Clewing et al. (2013), Ram et al. (2014), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) sulcataThiele (1934)
Sphaerium sulcatumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileClarke (1973), Burch (1975), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) simileLee & Ó Foighil (2003), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
“Sphaerium (S)” simileFuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)

Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818
Lamarck, 1818, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 560.

Cyclas sulcataLamarck (1818), Ferussac (1835)
Cyclas similisHanley (1843)
Sphærium simileDeshayes (1854), Prime (1870)
Sphærium sulcatumPrime (1865)
Sphaerium simileF.C. Baker (1928)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) sulcataThiele (1934)
Sphaerium sulcatumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileClarke (1973), Burch (1975)
Sphaerium “sulcatum”Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002)

Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818
Lamarck, 1818, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 560.

Cyclas sarratogeaLamarck (1818), Ferussac (1835)
Cyclas sarratogaHanley (1843)
Sphærium simileDeshayes (1854), Prime (1870)
Sphærium sulcatumPrime (1865)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Cyclas (Amesoda) lasmampsis Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 319, pl. 82, figs. 19-21 [also as ‘Ameroda [sic] lasmampsis’].

Cyclas (Amesoda) lasmampsisRafinesque (1820)
Cyclas lasmanpsisFerussac (1835)
Cyclas lasmampsisPrime (1853)
Sphærium sulcatumPrime (1865)
Sphærium similePrime (1870)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Cyclas lasmanpsis Lamarck, 1835
Lamarck, 1835, unknown publication: ??.
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5: 29.
(error for Cyclas (Amesoda) lasmampsis Rafinesque, 1820)

Cyclas lasmanpsisLamarck (1835)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Cyclas sarratoga Hanley, 1843
‘Lamarck’ Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 90.
(error for Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818)

Cyclas sarratogaHanley (1843)

Cyclas solida De Kay, 1843
De Kay, 1843, Zool. New York 5: 229, pl. 25, fig. 265.

Cyclas solidaDe Kay (1843)
Sphærium sulcatumPrime (1865)
Sphærium similePrime (1870)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Cyclas gigantea Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 157.
Prime, 1853, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 282.

Cyclas giganteaPrime (1852), Prime (1853)
Sphærium giganteaDeshayes (1854)
Sphærium sulcatumPrime (1865)
Sphærium similePrime (1870), Prime (1895)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Cyclas ponderosa Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 157.
Prime, 1853, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 282.

Cyclas ponderosaPrime (1852), Prime (1853)
Sphærium ponderosumDeshayes (1854)
Sphærium sulcatumPrime (1865)
Sphærium similePrime (1870), Prime (1895)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Cyclas saratogea Prime, 1865
‘Lamarck’ Prime, 1865, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 34.
(error for Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818)

Cyclas saratogeaPrime (1865)

Cyclas elliptica Prime, 1870
‘Férussac’ Prime, 1870, Amer. J. Conch. 5: ??. [nomen nudum]

Cyclas ellipticaPrime (1870)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Sphaerium crassum Sterki, 1901
Sterki, 1901, Nautilus 14(12): 140.

Sphaerium crassumSterki (1901), F.C. Baker (1928)
Sphaerium sulcatumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Sphaerium lineatum Sterki, 1910
Sterki, 1910, Nautilus 23(11): ??.

Sphaerium lineatumSterki (1910)
Sphaerium sulcatumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Sphaerium sulcatum var. albescens Sterki, 1916
Sterki, 1916, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium sulcatum var. albescensSterki (1916)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Sphaerium sulcatum var. insigne Sterki, 1916
Sterki, 1916, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium sulcatum var. insigneSterki (1916)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Sphaerium sulcatum var. planatum Sterki, 1916
Sterki, 1916, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): 432.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium sulcatum var. planatumSterki (1916)
Sphaerium simile planatumF.C. Baker (1928)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Sphaerium fallax Sterki, 1930
Sterki, 1930, Nautilus 43(3): ??. [MS]

Sphaerium fallaxSterki (1930)
Sphaerium sulcatumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Sphaerium sulcatum dakotense Sterki, 1930
Sterki, 1930, Nautilus 43(3): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium sulcatum dakotenseSterki (1930)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Sphaerium sulcatum decisum Brooks & Herrington, 1944
‘Sterki’ Brooks & Herrington, 1944, Nautilus 57(3): ??. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium sulcatum decisumBrooks & Herrington (1944)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Sphaerium sulcatum obscurum Brooks & Herrington, 1944
‘Sterki’ Brooks & Herrington, 1944, Nautilus 57(3): ??. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium sulcatum obscurumBrooks & Herrington (1944)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Sphaerium sulcatum sculptum Brooks & Herrington, 1944
‘Sterki’ Brooks & Herrington, 1944, Nautilus 57(3): ??. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium sulcatum sculptumBrooks & Herrington (1944)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileBurch (1975)

Cyclas similas Burch, 1975
‘Say’ Burch, 1975, Freshw. Sphaer. North Amer.: 48.
(error for Cyclas similis Say, 1817)

Cyclas similasBurch (1975)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Sphaerium crassumSterki (1901), F.C. Baker (1928)
Sphaerium lineatumSterki (1910)
Sphaerium sulcatum var. albescensSterki (1916)
Sphaerium sulcatum var. insigneSterki (1916)
Sphaerium sulcatum var. planatumSterki (1916)
Sphaerium simileF.C. Baker (1928), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lee & Ó Foighil (2002), ..., Clewing et al. (2013), Ram et al. (2014), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Saito et al. (2022)
Sphaerium simile planatumF.C. Baker (1928)
Sphaerium fallaxSterki (1930)
Sphaerium sulcatum dakotenseSterki (1930)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) sulcataThiele (1934)
Sphaerium sulcatum decisumBrooks & Herrington (1944)
Sphaerium sulcatum obscurumBrooks & Herrington (1944)
Sphaerium sulcatum sculptumBrooks & Herrington (1944)
Sphaerium sulcatumHerrington (1962)
Sphaerium (s.s.) simileClarke (1973), Burch (1975), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000)
Cyclas similasBurch (1975)
Sphaerium “sulcatum”Korniushin & Glaubrecht (2002)
Sphaerium (Amesoda) simileLee & Ó Foighil (2003), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
“Sphaerium (S)” simileFuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)

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