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Sphaeriidae
Taxonomy
Sphaeriidae was named by Deshayes (1855) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8688]. It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Pisidiidae by Parker (1982).
It was assigned to Veneroida by Shoshani et al. (1989); to Bivalvia by Lamprell and Healy (1998); to Corbiculacea by Kosnik (2002); and to Sphaerioidea by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pisidiidae by Parker (1982).
It was assigned to Veneroida by Shoshani et al. (1989); to Bivalvia by Lamprell and Healy (1998); to Corbiculacea by Kosnik (2002); and to Sphaerioidea by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1855 | Sphaeriidae Deshayes |
| 1912 | Corneocycladidae Hannibal |
| 1989 | Sphaeriidae Shoshani et al. p. 435 |
| 1998 | Sphaeriidae Lamprell and Healy p. 184 |
| 2010 | Sphaeriidae Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Sphaeriidae Carter et al. p. 17 |
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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.
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. 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 casertanum Poli 1791
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 subtruncatum Malm 1855
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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†Sphaerioides yixianensis Gu 1976
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Invalid names: Sphaerioides luanpingensis Yu and Zhang 1982 [synonym]
G. Sphaerium Scopoli 1777 [fingernail clam]
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†Sphaerium cooperi Arnold 1909
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
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Holocene or 161.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma
Collections (127 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Jurassic | China (Liaoning) | Sphaerium sp. 1 (29712) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | China (Liaoning) | Sphaerium dayaoense (36973) | |
| Barremian | Japan (Ishikawa) | Sphaerium sp. (32324 50357) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Hebei) | Tetoria yixianensis (201151) | |
| Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36972) | |
| Aptian - Albian | China (Liaoning) | Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36971) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Sphaerium sp. (22689) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Pisidiidae indet. (45892 45897) Sphaeriidae indet. (22659 22697 22698 47793) Sphaerium recticardinale (47816) | |
| Middle Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Pisidiidae indet. (59269) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Pisidiidae indet. (45565 45566 45567 45670) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Pisidiidae indet. (45819 45821 45894) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Sphaerium planum (14446) | |
| Lancian | USA (North Dakota) | Sphaerium sp. (14620) | |
| Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Sphaerium sp. (14514) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Sphaerium subellipticum (54105) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Pisidium squamula, Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (14569) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Sphaerium sp. (47034) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | Sphaerium beckmani, Sphaerium subellipticum (192041) Sphaerium sp. (142492) | |
| Puercan | Canada (Alberta) | Sphaerium sp. (22925) | |
| Paleocene | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Pisidiidae indet. (34425) Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (22879) Sphaerium fowleri (22885 22912) | |
| Ypresian | France | Sphaerium sp. (182667) | |
| Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Nevada) | Sphaerium sp. (135745) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Panama | Pisidium atopum (42556 42557) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bavaria) | Sphaerium sp. (34615) | |
| Langhian | Austria (Styria) | Pisidium casertanum (126917) | |
| Langhian | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Pisidium bellardii (231252 231253 231256 231257) Pisidium vukovici, Pisidium bellardii (231251) | |
| MN 5 | Germany | Sphaerium rivicola (231125) Sphaerium sp. (231110) | |
| Middle Miocene - Tortonian | Peru | Pisidium sp., Eupera sp. (143046) | |
| MN 6 | Portugal (Santarém) | Pisidium sp. (38137 38139) | |
| MN 6 | Poland | Pisidium sp. (231087) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Croatia | Pisidium sp. (68221 68266) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil | Eupera sp. (141848) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Türkiye (Central Anatolia) | Pisidium annandalei, Pisidium casertanum (37154) Pisidium personatum (37186) | |
| MN 9 | Austria | Pisidium personatum (231088) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (California) | Sphaerium cynodon (19447) | |
| MN 11 | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Pisidium personatum (32649) | |
| Turolian | Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Pisidium sp., Sphaerium sp. (174455) | |
| Turolian | Spain (Valencia) | Pisidium casertanunt (40758) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | Pisidium casertanum (32189) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Pisidium sp. (172910 199859) | |
| Pliocene | USA (Oregon) | Pisidium sp. (226540) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia | Sphaerium angulare (70097) | |
| Pliocene | USA (California) | Sphaerium cynodon (217347 217348 217349 217350) | |
| Pliocene | Croatia | Pisidium solitarium (185964) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Eupera indet. (22076 22084 22097 22102) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Spain (Andalucia) | Pisidium sp. (35230 35231 35233 35242) Pisidium sp., Sphaerium sp. (35239) Sphaerium sp. (35240) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Umbria) | Pisidium sp. (51766) | |
| Blancan | USA (Oregon) | Pisidium sp., Sphaerium sp. (225472) | |
| Villafranchian | Spain (Granada) | Pisidium sp. (35182 35194 35222) | |
| Gelasian | USA (California) | Sphaerium sp. (207705) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) | Sphaerium corneum, Pisidium amnicum (50274) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania | Pisidium sp. (40802) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Pisidium sp., Musculium sp. (227396) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Pisidium compressum, Sphaerium simile (20293) Sphaerium sp. (20352 20426) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Haute-Normandie Region) | Sphaerium sp. (36391) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Arizona) | Pisidium sp. (190076) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Sphaerium corneum (36015) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Sphaerium sp. (183080) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Pisidium sp. (240844) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Michigan) | Pisidium compressum, Pisidium dubium, Pisidium idahoense, Pisidium milium, Pisidium variabile, Pisidium ventricosum, Sphaerium sp., Sphaerium striatinum, Pisidium nitidum (70130) | |
| Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Sphaeriidae indet. (20495) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Ohio) | Sphaerium sp. (93208) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Sphaerium sp. (194846) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Pisidium compressum (20273) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Serres) | Pisidium sp. (204956) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Texas) | Sphaerium striatinum, Pisidium nitidum (93554) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Sphaerium hartmanni, Pisidium victoriae (22066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Poland | Pisidium moitessierianum, Pisidium sp. (64124) Pisidium sp. (63978 64111 64129) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Musculium securis (96538) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | Sphaerium striatinum (93103) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Ontario) | Pisidium milium, Pisidium ventricosum, Pisidium casertanum (174230) Pisidium ventricosum, Pisidium casertanum (174229) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Rwanda | Sphaeriidae indet. (129898) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Pisidium dubium, Sphaerium striatinum (103991) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | Pisidium casertanum, Pisidium nitidum (163070) Pisidium casertanum, Pisidium subtruncatum, Pisidium obtusale, Pisidium vincentianum (163075) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | Sphaerium sp. (63150) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Kansas) | Pisidium noveboracense, Pisidium abditum, Musculium partineium, Musculium transversum (37788) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Nevada) | Pisidium sp. (224638) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Pisidium subtruncatum (93556) | |
| Holocene | Kenya (Nak-Elment.Basin) | Pisidium indet. (22500) | |
| Holocene | France | Pisidium sp. (56806) | |
| Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Pisidium victoriae (22067) |