The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium simile

nominal species Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818

Lamarck, 1818, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 560.

= Sphaerium simile

Taxonomic Opinions

= Sphaerium “sulcatum” (Say, 1816) — Korniushin & Glaubrecht, 2002
+ Sphaerium (s.s.) simile (Say, 1816) — Burch, 1975
+ Sphaerium (s.s.) simile (Say, 1816) — Clarke, 1973
= Sphaerium sulcatum (Lamarck, 1818) — Herrington, 1962
= Sphaerium (Amesoda) sulcata (Lamarck) — Thiele, 1934
+ Sphaerium simile (Say) — F.C. Baker, 1928
+ Sphærium simile Say — Prime, 1870
= Sphærium sulcatum Lamarck — Prime, 1865
+ Sphærium simile Say — Deshayes, 1854
+ Cyclas similis Say — Hanley, 1843
= Cyclas sulcata Lam. — Ferussac, 1835
= Cyclas sulcata — Lamarck, 1818

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