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Sphaerium simile

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5189020https://www.gbif.org/species/5189020
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Sphaerium simile
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
-Veneroidei
-DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilySphaerioideaDeshayes 1854
familySphaeriidaeDeshayes 1855
subfamilyPisidiinae
genusSphaeriumScopoli 1777
speciesSphaerium simileSay 1817
Generic NameSphaerium
Scientific NameSphaerium simile (Say, 1817)
Common Name(s) Grooved Fingernailclam

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Cyclas similis Say, 1817GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Cyclas similis
Sphaerium lineatum Sterki, 1910GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Sphaerium lineatum
Sphaerium crassum Sterki, 1901GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Sphaerium crassum
Cyclas gigantea Prime, 1852GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Cyclas gigantea
Sphaerium sulcatum dakotense Sterki, 1930GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Sphaerium sulcatum dakotense
Cyclas solida DeKay, 1843GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Cyclas solida
Sphaerium sulcatum albescens Sterki, 1916GBIFvarietyAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Sphaerium sulcatum albescens
Sphaerium sulcatum insigne Sterki, 1916GBIFvarietyAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Sphaerium sulcatum insigne
Cyclas elliptica Prime, 1869GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Cyclas elliptica
Sphaerium fallax Sterki, 1930GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Sphaerium fallax
Cyclas lasmampsis Rafinesque, 1820GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Cyclas lasmampsis
Sphaerium sulcatum planatum Sterki, 1916GBIFvarietyAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Sphaerium sulcatum planatum
Cyclas ponderosa Prime, 1852GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Cyclas ponderosa
Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Cyclas sarratogea
Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Cyclas sulcata
Sphaerium sulcatum (Lamarck, 1818)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Sphaerium : Sphaerium sulcatum

References

InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). - via World Register of Marine Species
Mackie, G. L. (2007) Biology of freshwater corbiculid and sphaeriid clams of North America: Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin New Series. 15 (3: i-ix): 1-436 - via Catalogue of Life
Mackie, G. L. (2007). Biology of freshwater corbiculid and sphaeriid clams of North America. Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin New Series. 15 (3: i-ix): 1-436. - via World Register of Marine Species
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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