• Euglesa Leach, W.E. in Jenyns, L. 1832. A monograph on the British species of Cyclas and Pisidium. Transactions of the Cambridge Philiosophical Society 4: 289-311.

  Type species:

   Euglesa henslowiana Leach in Jenyns, 1832 by absolute tautonymy.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

History of changes

• Australpera cara Cotton, B.C. 1953. New Species and Records of Mollusca from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 76: 21-26, 2 pls [21, pl. 2, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA D14454 (right valve only), Brown Hill Creek, western slopes of Lofty Ranges, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA D14454 (1 specimen).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [29].

Generic Combinations

• Pisidium (Euglesa) carum (Cotton, 1953). —
  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 [85] (subgeneric arrangement)
• Pisidium carum (Cotton, 1953). —
  Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [28]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Coastal and inland streams.

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 [85]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [186]

History of changes

• Pisidium (Euglesa) centrale 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 [90].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C138753 (dry specimen), swamp in Stokes Ck Canyon, George Gill Range, NT [24°22'S 131°45'E].
  Paratype(s) AM C350021 16 specimens and 2 valves (dry & wet).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA

NT: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

Ecological Descriptors

Lotic freshwater.

History of changes

• Pisidium etheridgei Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [306, pl. 7, fig. 35].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1878.2.15.5, Yan-Yean Reservoir, Plenty District, Victoria.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1878.2.15.5 (4 specimens).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [31].
• Australpera mena Iredale, T. 1943. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, Part I. Australian Naturalist 11: 85-95 [95, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C63905, Armidale, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) AM C151006 (4 specimens).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [32].

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 [72] (Pisidium (Pisidium) casertanum is no longer on the Australian fauna list and what used to be called P. caseratum is now Pisidium (Euglesa) etheridgei)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pisidium (Euglesa) etheridgei 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 [72] (subgeneric arrangement)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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

Lentic freshwater, lotic 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 [72]

Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [31] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Pisidium casertanum)

History of changes

• Pisidium fultoni Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [34, figs. 74-77].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH E14436, East Lake (North), part of Arthur's Lake, TAS.
  Paratype(s) TMH E14437 (4 specimens); AM C135460 (4 specimens); NMV F31818 (4 specimens); BMNH no number (4 specimens); SMF 192865 (4 specimens).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pisidium (Euglesa) fultoni Kuiper, 1983. —
  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 [83] (subgeneric arrangement)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, lake, 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 [83]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [188]

History of changes

• Pisidium hallae Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [33, fig. 78-81].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C126964, Yarrangobilly River at Cave Road, off Snowy Mtns Hwy, NSW [35°23'S 148°30'E].
  Paratype(s) AM C135457 (23 specimens); BMNH no number (5 specimens); SMF 192901 (5 specimens); ZMA K23050 (5 specimens).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pisidium (Euglesa) hallae Kuiper, 1983. —
  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 [77] (subgeneric arrangement)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, spring, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Mainly rivers and swampy creeks, occasionally small standing bodies of water.

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 [77]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [188]

History of changes

• Glacipisum kosciusko Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [197].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100523d, Blue Lake, Mt Kosciusko, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C22790 (40+ specimens); AM C21790 (5 specimens).

Generic Combinations

• Pisidium kosciusko (Iredale, 1943). —
  Kuiper, J.G.J. 1983. The Sphaeriidae of Australia. Basteria 47: 3-52 [29]
• Pisidium (Euglesa) kosciusko (Iredale, 1943). —
  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 [80] (subgeneric arrangement)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Alpine, filter-feeder, lake, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Alpine creeks, lakes and small standing bodies of water.

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 [80]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [186]

History of changes

• Pisidium (Euglesa) ponderi 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 [87].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C315642 (dry specimen), Norfolk Falls, Warung State Forest, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C350019 13 specimens and 3 valves (dry & wet).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Lotic freshwater, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Small creeks and swamps.

History of changes

• Pisidium tasmanicum 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] [81].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TMH E113/7453 (41 specimens, 2 damaged), Brown's River, TAS.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pisidium (Euglesa) 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 [81] (subgeneric arrangement)

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Rivers, creeks, ponds, see .

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 [81]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [186]

History of changes