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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 Euglesa nitida (Jenyns, 1832): specimens
38 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Pisidium nitidum — Mackie (2007), Schultheiß et al. (2008), Kuiper (2009), IUCN (2010), ..., Múrria et al. (2020), Saito et al. (2022), Clewing et al. (2022), Czaja et al. (2023)
Cingulipisidium nitidum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium splendens — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium fedderseni — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium crassum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium shadini — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium kozhovi — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium rotundicostata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium tanuga — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium khurdinensis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium pulchricingulatum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium cingulatum — Kantor et al. (2010)
Cingulipisidium feroense — Kantor et al. (2010)
Pisidium conventus — IUCN (2011)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) nitida — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) splendens — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) fedderseni — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) crassa — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) shadini — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) kozhovi — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) rotundicostata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) tanuga — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) khurdinensis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) pulchricingulata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) cingulata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (Cingilipisidium) feroense — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Pisidium globellum — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) nitidum — Bespalaya et al. (2017), Voode (2017), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Euglesa (Cyclocalyx) nitida — Mouthon & Forcellini (2017)
Euglesa nitidum — Vinarski et al. (2020)
Pisidium cf. nitidum — Clewing et al. (2020), Saito et al. (2022), Clewing et al. (2022)
Euglesa nitida — Príe et al. (2021), Bespalaya et al. (2022), Prié et al. (2023)
Euglesa (Cingulipisidium) nitida — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range: Holarctic. Pleistocene fossils have been reported from the upper Nile.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

There are no specimens in the MUSSELpdb for this species.

Genbank Vouchers

China

UGSB_11000 (CN21/5) (COI, 16S, H3) China, Tibet, Bangong Co (33.57666°N, 79.86945°E)

UGSB_8406 (CN07/3) (COI, 16S) China, Tibet, Lake Manasarovar (30.60952° 81.36448°)

UGSB_10999 (CN21/4) (16S, 28S) China, Tibet, Bangong Co (33.57666° 79.86945°)

Germany

UGSB_10561 (DE01/1) (COI, 16S) Germany, Zarrentin (53.58138, 10.9525)

Mp_4346_5133 (16S) Germany, Zarrentin (53.58138, 10.9525)

Russia

RMBH_MSph_730 (16S, 28S) Russia: North Ossetia–Alania, Bekan lake

RMBH_MSph_568 (16S, 28S) Russia: Yakutia, Ust-Yansky District, Ust-Kuyga village, Kuyga river

RMBH_MSph_234 (16S) Russia: Arkhangelsk region, Solovetsky Islands, Bolshoy Solovetsky Island, Varavinskoe lake

RMBH_MSph_759 (16S) Russia: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Dlinnoe lake

RMBH_MSph_731 (16S) Russia: North Ossetia–Alania, Bacha cave

RMBH_MSph_721 (16S) Russia: Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula, Luvenga village

Sweden

GNM-MOLOV000009551 (COI) Sweden (58.288278 N 11.979556 E)

GNM-MOLOV000009550 (COI) Sweden (58.288278 N 11.979556 E)

GNM-MOLOV000009553 (COI) Sweden (67.08475 N 20.345 E)

GNM-MOLOV000009552 (COI) Sweden (67.08475 N 20.345 E)

Turkey

UGSB_9064 (TR01/1) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Turkey, Isparta (37.88664° 30.85872°)

USA

RMBH_MSph_279_1 (16S, 28S) USA: Montana, Yellowstone National Park, Swan Lake

UMMZ_266735 (16S, 5.8S, 18S)

RMBH_MSph_800_2 (16S)

rgw13bbr (16S)

RMBH_MSph_797_2 (16S)

rgw13aAr (16S)

RMBH_MSph_797_1 (16S)

St_up_23 (16S)

Mp_4346_3323 (16S)

RMBH_MSph_798_2 (16S)

07PROBE-08304 (COI)

St_up_22 (16S)

442252Ar (16S)

RMBH_MSph_414_1 (16S)

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