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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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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Euglesa

species Euglesa variabilis (Prime, 1852): nominal species

Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 163.
Prime, 1852, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 351, pl. 11, figs. 7-9.
Prime, 1865, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 66, figs. 69-70.

Pisidium variabilePrime (1852), Prime (1852), Prime (1865), Prime (1870), ..., Stunžėnas et al. (2011), ITIS (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Saito et al. (2022)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabileClarke (1973), Burch (1975), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Cyclocalyx variabileLee & Ó Foighil (2003)
Euglesa (Cyclocalyx) variabileMouthon & Forcellini (2017)
Euglesa variabileVinarski et al. (2020)
Euglesa (Casertiana) variabilisBespalaya et al. (2023)

Cyclas nitida Linsley, 1845
Linsley, 1845, Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 276.
(misidentified reference to Cyclas nitida Mighels & Adams, 1842)

Cyclas nitidaLinsley (1845)
Pisidium variabilePrime (1865), Prime (1870)

Pisidium cicer Prime, 1858
Prime, 1858, Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 6: 64, pl. 1, figs. 1a-c.

Pisidium cicerPrime (1858)
Pisidium compressumPrime (1865), Prime (1870), Prime (1895)
Pisidium variabileHerrington (1962)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabileBurch (1975)

Pisidium grande Prime, 1865
‘Whittemore, in litt.’ Prime, 1865, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 66. [nomen nudum]
‘Whittemore, in litt.’ Prime, 1870, Amer. J. Conch. 5: 173. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852)

Pisidium grandePrime (1865)
Pisidium variabilePrime (1865), Prime (1870), Prime (1895)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabileBurch (1975)

Pisidium palustre Prime, 1870
‘Lewis, in litt.’ Prime, 1870, Amer. J. Conch. 5: 173. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852)

Pisidium palustrePrime (1870)
Pisidium variabilePrime (1870)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabileBurch (1975)

Pisidium mirabile Clessin, 1877
‘Whittemore’ Clessin, 1877, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 49, pl. 6, figs. 1-3.

Pisidium mirabileClessin (1877)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabileBurch (1975)

Pisidium variabile var. brevius Sterki, 1906
Sterki, 1906, Nautilus 19(10): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852)

Pisidium variabile var. breviusSterki (1906)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabileBurch (1975)

Pisidium variabile var. hybridum Sterki, 1906
Sterki, 1906, Nautilus 19(10): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852)

Pisidium variabile var. hybridumSterki (1906)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabileBurch (1975)

Pisidium variabile var. magnum Sterki, 1916
Sterki, 1916, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852)

Pisidium variabile var. magnumSterki (1916)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabileBurch (1975)

Pisidium decisum Sterki, 1922
Sterki, 1922, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 13(3/4): ??.

Pisidium decisumSterki (1922)
Pisidium variabileHerrington (1962)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabileBurch (1975)

Pisidium probum Sterki, 1923
Sterki, 1923, Nautilus 37(1): ??.

Pisidium probumSterki (1923)
Pisidium variabileHerrington (1962)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabileBurch (1975)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pisidium variabile var. breviusSterki (1906)
Pisidium variabile var. hybridumSterki (1906)
Pisidium variabile var. magnumSterki (1916)
Pisidium decisumSterki (1922)
Pisidium probumSterki (1923)
Pisidium variabileHerrington (1962), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1998), Schultheiß et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Stunžėnas et al. (2011), ITIS (2012), Clewing et al. (2013), Saito et al. (2022)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) variabileClarke (1973), Burch (1975), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), Bespalaya et al. (2017), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Cyclocalyx variabileLee & Ó Foighil (2003)
Euglesa (Cyclocalyx) variabileMouthon & Forcellini (2017)
Euglesa variabileVinarski et al. (2020)
Euglesa (Casertiana) variabilisBespalaya et al. (2023)

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