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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 personata (Malm, 1855): specimens
7 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Pisidium personatum — Schultheiß et al. (2008), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Fauna Europaea (2012), ..., Clewing et al. (2020), Múrria et al. (2020), Saito et al. (2022), Clewing et al. (2022)
Euglesa personata — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski et al. (2020), Bespalaya et al. (2021), Príe et al. (2021), Prié et al. (2023)
Euglesa eichwaldi — Kantor et al. (2010)
Euglesa latiumbonata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Euglesa (s.s.) personata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Euglesa (s.s.) eichwaldi — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Euglesa (s.s.) latiumbonata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) personatum — Bespalaya et al. (2017), Voode (2017), Fuentealba-Jara et al. (2017)
Euglesa (Cyclocalyx) personata — Mouthon & Forcellini (2017)

Range: Widespread in Europe.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

There are no specimens in the MUSSELpdb for this species.

Genbank Vouchers

Georgia

UGSB_9045 (GE01/1) (COI, 16S, 28S) Georgia, Mzcheta-Mtianeti (42.07222°N, 44.95972°E)

Germany

UGSB_14996 (DE09/4) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg (49.50776, 8.78299)

UGSB_14936 (DE09/3) (COI, 16S, 28S) Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg (49.50776, 8.78299)

Morocco

RMBH_MSph_770 (16S, 28S) Morocco: Tafoughalt, stream from the oriental region of Morocco

RMBH_MSph_773 (16S) Morocco: Aouinat El Hajjaj, spring from Fès-Meknès region

RMBH_MSph_772 (16S) Morocco: Aouinat El Hajjaj, spring from Fès-Meknès region

North Macedonia

Mp_4346_4953 (16S) Macedonia, Novo Selo, swamp (41.31838, 20.81576)

Mp_4346_5048 (16S) Macedonia, Pretor, Lake Prespa shore (40.97319, 21.05432)

Mp_4346_4954 (16S) Macedonia, Pretor, Lake Prespa shore (40.97319, 21.05432)

Mp_4346_4952 (16S) Macedonia, Novo Selo, swamp (41.31838, 20.81576)

Mp_4346_4867 (16S) Macedonia, Belina, Lake Ohrid littoral (41.05781, 20.79838)

UGSB_10550 (MK05/1) (COI) Macedonia, municipality of Resen (40.97319° 21.05432°)

Mp_4346_5046 (16S) Macedonia, Pretor, Lake Prespa shore (40.97319, 21.05432)

Mp_4346_5047 (16S) Macedonia, Pretor, Lake Prespa shore (40.97319, 21.05432)

Mp_4346_5049 (16S) Macedonia, Pretor, Lake Prespa shore (40.97319, 21.05432)

Russia

RMBH_MSph_361 (16S) Russia: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Gyda Peninsula, Gyda village

RMBH_MSph_366 (16S) Russia: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Gyda Peninsula, Gyda village

Turkey

UGSB_9069 (TR02/2) (COI, 16S, H3) Turkey, Antalya (37.10960°N, 30.58551°E)

UMMZ_266737 (16S, ITS1, 5.8S, 18S)

UGSB24104 (COI, 16S)

UGSB24105 (COI, 16S)

UGSB14937 (16S)

UGSB24101 (16S)

UGSB24084 (16S)

St_up_24 (16S)

UGSB24099 (16S)

UGSB24088 (16S)

UGSB24098 (16S)

St_up_25 (16S)

UGSB24096 (16S)

UGSB24100 (16S)

UGSB14997 (16S)

UGSB24087 (16S)

UGSB24086 (16S)

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