Sphaeriidae
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Sphaeriidae
Genera: Musculium – Pisidium – Sphaerium
Name[edit]
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[edit]
- Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777 [stem = Sphaeri-] (Melville, 1985)
References[edit]
cited sources[edit]
- 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(3): 182–184. BHL. Reference page.
- 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. BHL. Reference page.
Additional references[edit]
- Baker, F.C. 1927: On the division of the Sphaeriidae into two subfamilies: and the description of a new genus of Unionidae, with descriptions of new varieties. American midland naturalist, 10: 220–223. JSTOR
- Cooley, L.R.; Foighil, D.Ó. 2000: Phylogenetic analysis of the Sphaeriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) based on partial mitochondrial 16s rDNA gene sequences. Invertebrate biology, 119: 299–308. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2000.tb00016.x JSTOR
- Korniushin, A.V. 2000: Review of the family Sphaeriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of Australia, with the description of four new species. Records of the Australian Museum, 52: 41–102.
- Korniushin, A.V. 2002: Morphological characters analysis, the intergroup phylogenetic relationships and possible outgroups of the family Sphaeriidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Vestnik zoologii, 36(4): 3—22. PDF
- Korniushin, A.; Glaubrecht, M. 2001: Annotated catalogue of type specimens of Sphaeriidae (Bivalvia, Heterodonta, Veneroida) in the mollusc collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, with a review of their current taxonomic status. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologische Reihe, 77: 131–152. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.20010770119
- 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