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freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
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Bivalvia | Sphaeriida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium novaezelandiae
nominal species Sphaerium novaezelandiae Deshayes, 1855
Sphaerium novaezelandiae Deshayes, 1855 = Sphaerium novaezelandiae
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 342, sp. 114 [as ‘novæ-zelandiæ’].
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 272, sp. 45 [as ‘Novæ Zelandiæ’].
Taxonomic Opinions
= Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) novaezelandiae Deshayes, 1854 — Bespalaya et al., 2023: Table 1.
= Sphaerium novaezelandiae — Bespalaya et al., 2017: 2123.
= Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) novaezelandia — Fuentealba-Jara et al., 2017: 116.
= Sphaerium novaezealandiae [sic] — Clewing et al., 2013: 251.
= Sphaerium novaezealandia [sic] — Stunžėnas et al., 2011: 108.
= Sphaerium novaezelandiae Deshayes, 1854 — Bogan, 2010: [web].
= Sphaerium novaezealandiae [sic] — Schultheiß et al., 2008: Appendix I.
= Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) novaezelandia Deshayes — Lee & Ó Foighil, 2003: 249, table 1.
= Musculium novaezelandiae (Deshayes, 1854) — Korniushin & Glaubrecht, 2002: 453.
= Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) novaezealandia [sic] Deshayes, 1854 — Cooley & Ó Foighil, 2000: 302.
= Sphaerium novaezelandiae — Kuiper, 1983: 15.
= Sphaerium novaezelandiae Deshayes, 1853 — Ponder, 1964: 33, figs. 33, 34.
= Sphærium novæ-zelandiæ Deshayes — E.A. Smith, 1882: 305.
= Sphærium novæ-zelandiæ Deshayes — Prime, 1870: 155.
= Sphærium novaæ zelandiæ Desh. — Deshayes, 1855: 272.
