Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Sphaeriida > Superfamily Sphaerioidea > Family Sphaeriidae > Subfamily Sphaeriinae > Genus Sphaerium

Sphaerium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerium*	Scopoli, 1777	accepted genus name
*Cyclas*	Lamarck, 1798	synonym
*Musculium*	Link, 1807	synonym
*Sphaerium (Musculium)*	Link, 1807	synonym

Species group names

*Tellina lacustre*	O. F. Müller, 1774	objective synonym
*Cyclas calyculata*	Draparnaud, 1805	subjective synonym
*Sphaerium hispanicum*	Bourguignat, 1870	subjective synonym
*Musculium lacustre*	(O. F. Müller, 1774)	synonym

Literature

additional source	Biggs, H. E. J. (1962). Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau – II. Journal of Conchology, London. 25(2): 64-72, text-figs. 1-2. London [22 May].
additional source	Gale, W. F. (1971). Sphaerium lacustre in Oklahoma. The Nautilus. 85(2): 71.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphaerium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181561