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Euglesa compressa (Prime, 1852)
1299015 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1299015)
accepted
Species
Cyclas altilis C. B. Adams, 1847 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Euglesa (Casertiana) compressa (Prime, 1852) · alternative representation
Pisidium (Cyclocalyx) compressum (Prime, 1852) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pisidium altile Prime, 1852 · unaccepted
Pisidium coloradense Sterki, 1923 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pisidium compressum mutatum Sterki, 1922 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. arrosum Sterki, 1905 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. confertum Sterki, 1905 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. contrarium Sterki, 1905 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. coosaense Sterki, 1905 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. curvatum Sterki, 1916 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. illinoisense Sterki, 1916 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. laevigatum Sterki, 1905 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. limnicolum Sterki, 1905 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. opacum Sterki, 1905 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. pellucidum Sterki, 1916 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. rostratum Sterki, 1905 · unaccepted
Pisidium compressum var. smithii Sterki, 1905 · unaccepted
Pisidium curvatum G. D. Hanna, 1923 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pisidium fraudulentum Sterki, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pisidium peraltum Sterki, 1900 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Euglesa compressa praecompressa (Pilsbry, 1935) † accepted as Euglesa supina (A. Schmidt, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
recent only
(of Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852) Prime, T. (1852). Descriptions of two new species of fresh water shells. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 218-219, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328692
page(s): 219, pl. 6 [details]
page(s): 219, pl. 6 [details]
Note USA, Massachusetts, without a precise locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, Massachusetts, without a precise locality [details]
Distribution Widespread in North America
Distribution Widespread in North America [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euglesa compressa (Prime, 1852). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1299015 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852) Prime, T. (1852). Descriptions of two new species of fresh water shells. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 218-219, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328692
page(s): 219, pl. 6 [details]
original description (of Pisidium altile Prime, 1852) Prime, T. (1852). A monograph of the species of <i>Pisidium</i>, found in the United States of North America, with figures. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6(3): 348-368, plates 11-12., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407039
page(s): 353, pl. 11, figs. 10-12 [details]
original description (of Pisidium peraltum Sterki, 1900) Sterki, V. (1900). New pisidia, and some general notes. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 14(1): 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731516
page(s): 5-6 [details]
original description (of Pisidium fraudulentum Sterki, 1912) Sterki, V. (1912). Sphaeriidae, old and new, II. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 26(8): 95-96., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738302
page(s): 95-96 [details]
original description (of Pisidium coloradense Sterki, 1923) Sterki, V. (1923). Colorado pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 37(1): 16-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27055229
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Cyclas altilis C. B. Adams, 1847) Adams, C. B. (1847). Catalogue of the genera and species of recent shells in the collection of C.B. Adams. Justus Cobb, Middlebury, Vermont. 1-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12095972
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. arrosum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. confertum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. contrarium Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 83 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. coosaense Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 83 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. laevigatum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. opacum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. rostratum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. smithii Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 83 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. illinoisense Sterki, 1916) Sterki, V. (1916). A preliminary catalog of the North American Sphaeriidae. <em>Annals of the Carnegie Museum.</em> 10(3-4): 429-477., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9967882
page(s): 448 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. pellucidum Sterki, 1916) Sterki, V. (1916). A preliminary catalog of the North American Sphaeriidae. <em>Annals of the Carnegie Museum.</em> 10(3-4): 429-477., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9967882
page(s): 447 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum mutatum Sterki, 1922) Sterki, V. (1922). Some notes on Sphaeriidae with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Carnegie Museum.</em> 13: 425-439., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9958432
page(s): 430 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. limnicolum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. curvatum Sterki, 1916) Sterki, V. (1916). A preliminary catalog of the North American Sphaeriidae. <em>Annals of the Carnegie Museum.</em> 10(3-4): 429-477., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9967882
page(s): 447 [details]
original description (of Pisidium curvatum G. D. Hanna, 1923 †) Hanna, G. D. (1923). Upper Miocene lacustrine mollusks from Sonoma County, California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, fourth series.</em> 12(3): 31-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15974899
page(s): 36-37, pl. 1, fig. 7, pl. 2, figs 1, 2, 4 [details]
basis of record Mouthon J., Forcellini M., van Haaren T. (2018). Euglesa compressa (Bivalvia, Sphaeriidae), native of North America, a "hidden" species introduced in Western Europe before 1940. <em>Basteria.</em> 82 (1-3): 50-54. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
page(s): 219, pl. 6 [details]
original description (of Pisidium altile Prime, 1852) Prime, T. (1852). A monograph of the species of <i>Pisidium</i>, found in the United States of North America, with figures. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6(3): 348-368, plates 11-12., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407039
page(s): 353, pl. 11, figs. 10-12 [details]
original description (of Pisidium peraltum Sterki, 1900) Sterki, V. (1900). New pisidia, and some general notes. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 14(1): 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731516
page(s): 5-6 [details]
original description (of Pisidium fraudulentum Sterki, 1912) Sterki, V. (1912). Sphaeriidae, old and new, II. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 26(8): 95-96., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738302
page(s): 95-96 [details]
original description (of Pisidium coloradense Sterki, 1923) Sterki, V. (1923). Colorado pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 37(1): 16-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27055229
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Cyclas altilis C. B. Adams, 1847) Adams, C. B. (1847). Catalogue of the genera and species of recent shells in the collection of C.B. Adams. Justus Cobb, Middlebury, Vermont. 1-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12095972
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. arrosum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. confertum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. contrarium Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 83 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. coosaense Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 83 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. laevigatum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. opacum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. rostratum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. smithii Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 83 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. illinoisense Sterki, 1916) Sterki, V. (1916). A preliminary catalog of the North American Sphaeriidae. <em>Annals of the Carnegie Museum.</em> 10(3-4): 429-477., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9967882
page(s): 448 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. pellucidum Sterki, 1916) Sterki, V. (1916). A preliminary catalog of the North American Sphaeriidae. <em>Annals of the Carnegie Museum.</em> 10(3-4): 429-477., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9967882
page(s): 447 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum mutatum Sterki, 1922) Sterki, V. (1922). Some notes on Sphaeriidae with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Carnegie Museum.</em> 13: 425-439., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9958432
page(s): 430 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. limnicolum Sterki, 1905) Sterki, V. (1905). New varieties of North American Pisidia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 80-84., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755580
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Pisidium compressum var. curvatum Sterki, 1916) Sterki, V. (1916). A preliminary catalog of the North American Sphaeriidae. <em>Annals of the Carnegie Museum.</em> 10(3-4): 429-477., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9967882
page(s): 447 [details]
original description (of Pisidium curvatum G. D. Hanna, 1923 †) Hanna, G. D. (1923). Upper Miocene lacustrine mollusks from Sonoma County, California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, fourth series.</em> 12(3): 31-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15974899
page(s): 36-37, pl. 1, fig. 7, pl. 2, figs 1, 2, 4 [details]
basis of record Mouthon J., Forcellini M., van Haaren T. (2018). Euglesa compressa (Bivalvia, Sphaeriidae), native of North America, a "hidden" species introduced in Western Europe before 1940. <em>Basteria.</em> 82 (1-3): 50-54. [details] Available for editors

additional source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]




From editor or global species database
Distribution Widespread in North America [details]Type locality USA, Massachusetts, without a precise locality [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) (from synonym Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euglesa compressa)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1438813) (from synonym Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euglesa compressa)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1438813) (from synonym Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym