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Sphaerium (fingernail clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerium was named by Scopoli (1777) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8689]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Sphaeriidae by Schultz and Cheatum (1970), Shoshani et al. (1989) and Lamprell and Healy (1998); to Pisidiidae by Vokes (1980) and Roth and Hartman (1998); and to Sphaeriinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Sphaerium Scopoli
1970Sphaerium Schultz and Cheatum p. 842
1980Sphaerium Vokes p. 166
1989Sphaerium Shoshani et al. p. 435
1998Sphaerium Lamprell and Healy p. 184
1998Sphaerium Roth and Hartman
2010Sphaerium Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilySphaerioideaDeshayes 1854
familySphaeriidaeDeshayes 1855
subfamilyPisidiinae(Gray 1857)
genusSphaeriumScopoli 1777

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.

G. Sphaerium Scopoli 1777 [fingernail clam]
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Sphaerium cooperi Arnold 1909
Sphaerium hartmanni Jickeli 1874
Sphaerium kettlemanensis Arnold 1909
Sphaerium nitidum Clessin 1976
Sphaerium rivicola Lamarck 1818
Sphaerium stewartensis Firby 1966
Sphaerium tasmanicum Tenison-Woods 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available