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Sphaerium (fingernail clam)
Taxonomy
Sphaerium was named by Scopoli (1777) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8689]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Pisidiidae by Vokes (1980) and Roth and Hartman (1998); to Sphaeriidae by Schultz and Cheatum (1970), Shoshani et al. (1989) and Lamprell and Healy (1998); and to Sphaeriinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Pisidiidae by Vokes (1980) and Roth and Hartman (1998); to Sphaeriidae by Schultz and Cheatum (1970), Shoshani et al. (1989) and Lamprell and Healy (1998); and to Sphaeriinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1777 | Sphaerium Scopoli |
1970 | Sphaerium Schultz and Cheatum p. 842 |
1980 | Sphaerium Vokes p. 166 |
1989 | Sphaerium Shoshani et al. p. 435 |
1998 | Sphaerium Lamprell and Healy p. 184 |
1998 | Sphaerium Roth and Hartman |
2010 | Sphaerium Bouchet et al. |
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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.
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Rancholabrean or 163.50000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma
Collections (57 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) | |
Early/Lower Cretaceous | Japan (Fukuoka) | Sphaerium anderssoni (40611 40612) | |
Early/Lower Cretaceous | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Sphaerium anderssoni (40253 40254 40650 40651) | |
Barremian | Japan (Ishikawa) | Sphaerium sp. (32324 50357) | |
Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36972) | |
Aptian - Albian | China (Liaoning) | Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36971) | |
Campanian | USA (Montana) | Sphaerium sp. (22689) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Sphaerium recticardinale (47816) | |
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Sphaerium planum (14446) | |
Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | Sphaerium beckmani, Sphaerium subellipticum (192041) Sphaerium sp. (142492) | |
Lancian | USA (North Dakota) | Sphaerium sp. (14620) | |
Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Sphaerium sp. (14514) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (14569) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Sphaerium subellipticum (54105) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Sphaerium sp. (47034) | |
Puercan | Canada (Alberta) | Sphaerium sp. (22925) | |
Paleocene | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (22879) Sphaerium fowleri (22885 22912) | |
Ypresian | France | Sphaerium sp. (182667) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Nevada) | Sphaerium sp. (135745) | |
Langhian | Germany (Bavaria) | Sphaerium sp. (34615) | |
MN 5 | Germany | Sphaerium rivicola (231125) Sphaerium sp. (231110) | |
Hemphillian | USA (California) | Sphaerium cynodon (19447) | |
Turolian | Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Sphaerium sp. (174455) | |
Pliocene | USA (California) | Sphaerium cynodon (217347 217348 217349 217350) | |
Pliocene | Indonesia | Sphaerium angulare (70097) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Spain (Andalucia) | Sphaerium sp. (35239 35240) | |
Blancan | USA (Oregon) | Sphaerium sp. (225472) | |
Gelasian | USA (California) | Sphaerium sp. (207705) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) | Sphaerium corneum (50274) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Sphaerium simile (20293) Sphaerium sp. (20352 20426) | |
Middle Pleistocene | France (Haute-Normandie Region) | Sphaerium sp. (36391) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Sphaerium corneum (36015) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Sphaerium sp. (183080) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Michigan) | Sphaerium sp., Sphaerium striatinum (70130) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Ohio) | Sphaerium sp. (93208) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | Sphaerium sp. (63150) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Sphaerium sp. (194846) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Texas) | Sphaerium striatinum (93554) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Sphaerium striatinum (103991) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | Sphaerium striatinum (93103) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Sphaerium hartmanni (22066) |