Sphaeriidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corbiculoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Veneroida
Superfamilia: Corbiculoidea

Familia: Sphaeriidae
Genera: Musculium Pisidium Sphaerium

Name

Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1862 (1854) [placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology by Melville (1985), with the Name Number 573; emended by ICZN (2000)]

Type genus

  • Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777 [stem = Sphaeri-] (Melville, 1985)

References

cited sources

  • ICZN 2000: Opinion 1957. Sphaerius Waltl, 1838 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved; and Sphaeriidae Erichson, 1845 (Coleoptera): spelling emended to Sphaeriusidae, so removing the homonymy with Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1854 (1820) (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 57: 182–184. ISSN: 0007-5167 BioStor
  • Melville, R.V. 1985: Opinion 1331. Sphaeriidae Jeffreys, 1862 (1820) (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and Microsporidae Reichardt, 1976 (Insecta, Coleoptera): placed on the official list. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 42: 230–232. ISSN: 0007-5167 BioStor

Additional references

  • Kuiper, J.G.J. 1966. Critical revision of the New Zealand sphaeriid clams in the Dominion Museum, Wellington. Records of the Dominion Museum 5(16): 147–162. Reference page. 
  • Watson, A.M.; Ormerod, S.J. 2005: The distribution and conservation of threatened Sphaeriidae on British grazing marshland. Biodiversity and conservation, 14: 2207–2220. ISSN: 0960-3115 (Print) 1572-9710 (Online) DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-4670-4
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