MolluscaBase - Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817)

(of Cyclas similis Say, 1817) Say, T. (1817). Conchology. - In: Nicholson, W.: American edition of the British Encyclopedia, or, dictionary of arts and sciences comprising an accurate and popular view of the present improved state of human knowledge. First Edition, A-3 - C-6 [= 1-20], pl. [1-4].
page(s): [unpaginated], pl. 1, fig. 9 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution North America: USA and Canada

Distribution North America: USA and Canada [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857216 on 2025-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

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original description (of Cyclas similis Say, 1817) Say, T. (1817). Conchology. - In: Nicholson, W.: American edition of the British Encyclopedia, or, dictionary of arts and sciences comprising an accurate and popular view of the present improved state of human knowledge. First Edition, A-3 - C-6 [= 1-20], pl. [1-4].
page(s): [unpaginated], pl. 1, fig. 9 [details]

original description (of Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 560 [details]

original description (of Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 560 [details]

original description (of Cyclas (Amesoda) lasmampsis Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques. 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 319, pl. 82, figs. 19-21 [details]

original description (of Cyclas solida DeKay, 1843) De Kay, J. E. (1843). Mollusca. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New-York; with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders; and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Carroll and Cook, Albany, New York. Part 5, pp. 1-271, plates 1-40., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2022507
page(s): 222, pl. 25, fig. 265 [details]

original description (of Cyclas gigantea Prime, 1852) Prime, T. (1852). New species of Cycladidae, with descriptions. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4(10-11): 155-165., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870865
page(s): 159 [details]

original description (of Cyclas ponderosa Prime, 1852) Prime, T. (1852). New species of Cycladidae, with descriptions. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4(10-11): 155-165., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870865
page(s): 159 [details]

original description (of Sphaerium crassum Sterki, 1901) Sterki, V. (1901). New North American Sphaeria. The Nautilus. 14(12): 140-142 [April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731653
page(s): 140-141 [details]

original description (of Sphaerium fallax Sterki, 1930) Sterki, V. (1930). Sphaerium Scopoli; Sulcastrum, new subgenus, and S. fallax, new species. The Nautilus. 43(3): 93-95., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515143
page(s): 93 [details]

original description (of Sphaerium lineatum Sterki, 1910) Sterki, V. (1910). New species of Sphaeriidae. The Nautilus. 23(11): 142-143., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5314535 [details]

original description (of Sphaerium sulcatum var. albescens Sterki, 1916) Sterki, V. (1916). A preliminary catalog of the North American Sphaeriidae. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 10(3-4): 429-477., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9967882
page(s): 432 [details]

original description (of Sphaerium sulcatum var. insigne Sterki, 1916) Sterki, V. (1916). A preliminary catalog of the North American Sphaeriidae. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 10(3-4): 429-477., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9967882
page(s): 432 [details]

original description (of Sphaerium sulcatum var. planatum Sterki, 1916) Sterki, V. (1916). A preliminary catalog of the North American Sphaeriidae. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 10(3-4): 429-477., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9967882
page(s): 432 [details]

basis of record Mackie, G. L. (2007). Biology of freshwater corbiculid and sphaeriid clams of North America. Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin New Series. 15 (3: i-ix): 1-436. [details]

additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]

additional source Walker, B. (1896). On certain abnormal sphaeria. The Nautilus. 9(12): 135-137., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731484 [details]

additional source Gilmore, R. J. (1917). Notes on reproduction and growth in certain viviparous mussels of the family Sphaeriidae. The Nautilus. 31(1): 16-30, pls. 4-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42799722 [details]

additional source Athearn, H. D. (1971). Sphaerium simile (Say) in Tennessee. The Nautilus. 85(1): iii (end of issue)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516133 [details]