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Sphaeriida

Bivalvia - Sphaeriida

Taxonomy
Sphaeriida was named by Lemer et al. (2019). It is extant.

It was assigned to Neoheterodontei by Lemer et al. (2019).

Subtaxa
Sphaerioidea
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-05-28; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-05-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Sphaeriida Lemer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
—NeoheterodonteiTaylor et al. 2007
orderSphaeriida
orderSphaeriida

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Sphaeriida Lemer et al. 2019
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Superfm. Sphaerioidea Deshayes 1854
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Fm. †Kijidae Kolesnikov 1977
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G. †Dayeconcha Wang 1993
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†Dayeconcha elongata Wang 1993
G. †Kija Lebedew 1958
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Subg. †Kija (Wuchangella) Wang 1993
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Fm. †Sibireconchidae Kolesnikov 1977
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G. †Arguniella Kolesnikov 1980
G. †Liaoningia Yu and Dong 1993
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†Liaoningia opima Yu and Dong 1993
G. †Sibireconcha Lebedev 1958
Fm. Sphaeriidae Deshayes 1855
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Subfm. Euglesinae Pirogov and Starobogatov 1974
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G. Euglesa Jenyns 1832
Invalid names: Neopisidiinae Korniushin 1989 [synonym]
Subfm. Euperinae Heard 1965
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G. †Eupera Bourguignat 1854
Subfm. Pisidiinae Gray 1857
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G. Pisidium Pfeiffer 1821 [pea clam]
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Pisidium amnicum Müller 1774
†Pisidium atopum Woodring 1982
†Pisidium bellardii Brusina 1884
Pisidium henslowianum Sheppard 1825
†Pisidium leslieae Firby 1966
†Pisidium medlicottianum Hislop 1859
Pisidium nitidum Jenyns 1832
Pisidium obtusale Lamarck 1818
†Pisidium personatum Malm 1855
Pisidium pulchellum Jenyns 1831
Pisidium pusillum Turton 1819
†Pisidium solitarium Neumayr 1875
Pisidium victoriae Mandahl-Barth 1954
Pisidium vincentianum Woodward 1913
†Pisidium vukovici Neubauer et al. 2013
G. †Sphaerioides Yu and Zhang 1982
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Invalid names: Sphaerioides luanpingensis Yu and Zhang 1982 [synonym]
G. Sphaerium Scopoli 1777 [fingernail clam]
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Subg. †Sphaerium (Amesoda) Rafinisque 1820
†Sphaerium cooperi Arnold 1909
Sphaerium corneum Linnaeus 1767
Sphaerium hartmanni Jickeli 1874
†Sphaerium nitidum Clessin 1976
Sphaerium rivicola Lamarck 1818
†Sphaerium stewartensis Firby 1966
†Sphaerium tasmanicum Tenison-Woods 1876
Invalid names: Lacustrininae Korniushin 1989 [synonym]
Subfm. Sphaeriinae Deshayes 1855
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Invalid names: Musculiinae Starobogatov 1984 [synonym], Sphaeriastrinae Alimov and Starobogatov 1968 [synonym]
Invalid names: Corneocycladidae Hannibal 1912 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Triassic to the top of the Holocene or 237.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.4 Ma

Collections (136 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China (Liaoning) Liaoningia opima (201014)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Hubei) Dayeconcha elongata (201023)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Liaoning) Sphaerium sp. 1 (29712)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5China (Zhejiang) Sphaerium sp. (278854)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Sphaerium dayaoense (36973)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan (Ishikawa) Sphaerium sp. (32324 50357)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Hebei) Tetoria yixianensis (201151)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Jilin) Arguniella subcentralis, Arguniella lingyuanensis (196770)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Liaoning) Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36972)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36971)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Sphaerium sp. (22689)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Pisidiidae indet. (45892 45897) Sphaeriidae indet. (22659 22697 22698 47793) Sphaerium recticardinale (47816)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Pisidiidae indet. (59269)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Pisidiidae indet. (45565 45566 45567 45670 277735)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Sphaerium planum (14446)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Pisidiidae indet. (45819 45821 45894)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Sphaerium sp. (14514)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Sphaerium sp. (14620)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Sphaerium sp. (47034)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Pisidium squamula, Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (14569)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Sphaerium subellipticum (54105)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Sphaerium beckmani, Sphaerium subellipticum (192041) Sphaerium sp. (142492)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4Canada (Alberta) Sphaerium sp. (22925)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Pisidiidae indet. (34425) Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (22879) Sphaerium fowleri (22885 22912)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Sphaerium sp. (182667)
Early/Lower Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Nevada) Sphaerium sp. (135745)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Panama Pisidium atopum (42556 42557)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Sphaerium sp. (34615)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina Pisidium bellardii (231252 231253 231256 231257) Pisidium vukovici, Pisidium bellardii (231251)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Pisidium casertanum (126917)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Sphaerium rivicola (231125) Sphaerium sp. (231110)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Peru Pisidium sp., Eupera sp. (143046)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Poland Pisidium sp. (231087)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Pisidium sp. (38137 38139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brazil Eupera sp. (141848)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Türkiye (Central Anatolia) Pisidium annandalei, Pisidium casertanum (37154) Pisidium personatum (37186)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Croatia Pisidium sp. (68221 68266)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Pisidium personatum (231088)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Sphaerium cynodon (19447)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Pisidium personatum (32649)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Valencia) Pisidium casertanunt (40758)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Pisidium casertanum (32189)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Pisidium sp., Sphaerium sp. (174455)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Pisidium sp. (172910 199859)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Croatia Pisidium solitarium (185964)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Nevada) Pisidium compressum, Sphaerium nevadense (276419)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Pisidium compressum, Pisidium ultramontanum (276415) Sphaerium cynodon (217347 217348 217349 217350)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Oregon) Pisidium sp. (226540)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Sphaerium angulare (70097)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Pisidium sp. (35230 35231 35233 35242) Pisidium sp., Sphaerium sp. (35239) Sphaerium sp. (35240)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Eupera indet. (22076 22084 22097 22102)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Pisidium sp. (51766)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Oregon) Pisidium sp., Sphaerium sp. (225472)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Granada) Pisidium sp. (35182 35194 35222)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Sphaerium sp. (207705)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Pisidium amnicum, Sphaerium corneum (50274)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Pisidium sp. (40802)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) Pisidium nitidum (277009)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pisidium sp., Musculium sp. (227396)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Pisidium compressum, Sphaerium simile (20293) Sphaerium sp. (20352 20426)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) Sphaerium sp. (36391)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Arizona) Pisidium sp. (190076)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Sphaerium corneum (36015)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Sphaerium sp. (183080)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Pisidium sp. (240844)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Michigan) Pisidium compressum, Pisidium dubium, Pisidium idahoense, Pisidium milium, Pisidium variabile, Pisidium ventricosum, Sphaerium sp., Sphaerium striatinum, Pisidium nitidum (70130)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Sphaeriidae indet. (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Sphaerium sp. (63150)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Sphaerium sp. (93208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Rwanda Sphaeriidae indet. (129898)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Pisidium milium, Pisidium ventricosum, Pisidium casertanum (174230) Pisidium ventricosum, Pisidium casertanum (174229)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sphaerium striatinum (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Serres) Pisidium sp. (204956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Pisidium noveboracense, Pisidium abditum, Musculium partineium, Musculium transversum (37788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Sphaerium hartmanni, Pisidium victoriae (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sphaerium striatinum, Pisidium nitidum (93554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Musculium securis (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Pisidium moitessierianum, Pisidium sp. (64124) Pisidium sp. (63978 64111 64129)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nevada) Pisidium sp. (224638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Cyclas cornea (152473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pisidium compressum (20273)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Pisidium dubium, Sphaerium striatinum (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Pisidium casertanum, Pisidium nitidum (163070) Pisidium casertanum, Pisidium subtruncatum, Pisidium obtusale, Pisidium vincentianum (163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Pisidium subtruncatum (93556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Sphaerium sp. (194846)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya (Nak-Elment.Basin) Pisidium indet. (22500)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Pisidium victoriae (22067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Pisidium sp. (56806)