Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• 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 [46]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, lentic freshwater.

General References

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 [45]

Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [19] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [184]

History of changes

• Sphaerium queenslandicum Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [305, pl. 7, fig. 33].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1879.5.21.779, Limestone Ck, Burdekin River, Qld.

Generic Combinations

• Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum queenslandicum (E.A. Smith, 1882). —
  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 [51] (new combination)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, lentic freshwater.

General References

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 [51]

History of changes

• Cyclas tasmanica Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [82].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TMH E1111/7452 (a few fragments), Swansea, east coast, Tasmania.
• Pisidium dulvertonensis Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [82].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TMH E111/7452 (types destroyed, see Turner, E. & Dartnall, A.J. 1971. A list of type specimens of molluscs held in the Tasmanian museum, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000. Hobart : Tasmanian Museum 96 pp. [8]), Lake Dulverton, TAS.
• Sphaerium translucidum Sowerby, G.B. 1876. Monograph of the genus Sphaerium. pls 1–5. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 20. [pl. 5, fig. 46].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1846.10.7.144/145, Palmtree Creek, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1846.10.7.144/146 (2 specimens).
• Sphaerium macgillivrayi Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [305, pl. 7, fig. 34].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1859.10.28-9 (1 specimen and 1 valve), Penrith, NSW.
• Sphaerinova victoriana Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [195].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV F533 (7 specimens and a valve), Tarraville, Victoria.
• Sphaerinova nundialis Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [195].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C109823, Nundle, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [21].
• Sphaerinova terenda Iredale, T. 1943. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, Part I. Australian Naturalist 11: 85-95 [95, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100522, Leeton, Murrumbidgee River, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C109821 (1 specimen).
• Sphaerinona bradena Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [196].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100521, Braidwood, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [47]

Generic Combinations

• Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum tasmanicum (Tenison-Woods, 1876). —
  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 [47] (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, lake, lentic freshwater, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Found in slow flowing creeks, swamps, lakes, waterholes and ponds.

General References

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 [47]

History of changes