RAMS taxon details
Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855 (1820)
489101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:489101)
accepted
Family
Pisidiidae J. E. Gray, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subfamily Sphaeriinae Deshayes, 1855 (1820)
- Genus Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777
- Genus Musculium Link, 1807 accepted as Sphaerium (Musculium) Link, 1807 represented as Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
recent + fossil
Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 2: 261 [details]
page(s): 2: 261 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855 (1820). Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489101 on 2026-09-06
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855 (1820). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489101 on 2026-09-06
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Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 2: 261 [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Bartsch, P. (1944). Taxonomic headaches. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(4): 116-118 [April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515576 [details]
additional source Bespalaya Yu.V., Vinarski M.V., Aksenova O.V., Babushkin E.S., Gofarov M.Yu., Kondakov A.V., Konopleva E.S., Kropotin A.V., Mabrouki Y., Ovchankova N.B., Palatov D.M., Sokolova S.E., Shevchenko A.R., Travina O.V., Taybi A.F., Sob-oleva A.A., Zubrii N.A., Bolotov I.N. (2024). Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the Sphaeriinae (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 201(2): 305-338. [Advance access publication 4 November 2023]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad139 [details] Available for editors
additional source Korniushin, A.V. (1996). Bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pisidioidea in the Palaearctic region. Fauna, systematics, phylogeny, 176 pp. [in Russian]. [20 June]. Kiev (National Academy of Science of Ukraine – Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology). [details]
additional source Mackie, G. L. (2007). Biology of freshwater corbiculid and sphaeriid clams of North America. <em>Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin New Series.</em> 15 (3: i-ix): 1-436. [details]
page(s): 2: 261 [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Bartsch, P. (1944). Taxonomic headaches. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(4): 116-118 [April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515576 [details]
additional source Bespalaya Yu.V., Vinarski M.V., Aksenova O.V., Babushkin E.S., Gofarov M.Yu., Kondakov A.V., Konopleva E.S., Kropotin A.V., Mabrouki Y., Ovchankova N.B., Palatov D.M., Sokolova S.E., Shevchenko A.R., Travina O.V., Taybi A.F., Sob-oleva A.A., Zubrii N.A., Bolotov I.N. (2024). Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the Sphaeriinae (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 201(2): 305-338. [Advance access publication 4 November 2023]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad139 [details] Available for editors
additional source Korniushin, A.V. (1996). Bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pisidioidea in the Palaearctic region. Fauna, systematics, phylogeny, 176 pp. [in Russian]. [20 June]. Kiev (National Academy of Science of Ukraine – Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology). [details]
additional source Mackie, G. L. (2007). Biology of freshwater corbiculid and sphaeriid clams of North America. <em>Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin New Series.</em> 15 (3: i-ix): 1-436. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
