MSBIAS taxon details
Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855 (1820)
489101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:489101)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Sphaeriinae Deshayes, 1855 (1820)
- Genus Euglesa Jenyns, 1832
- Genus Pisidium C. Pfeiffer, 1821
- Genus Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777
- Genus Musculium Link, 1807 accepted as Sphaerium (Musculium) Link, 1807 represented as Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Pisidiinae J. E. Gray, 1857 accepted as Sphaeriinae Deshayes, 1855 (1820)
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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855 (1820). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489101 on 2026-08-02
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855 (1820). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489101 on 2026-08-02
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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 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]
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 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
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 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]
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 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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
