Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Sphaerioidea > Family Sphaeriidae > Genus Sphaerium

Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Species group names

*Tellina corneum*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Cyclas cornea*	Lamarck, 1805	subjective synonym
*Tellina cornea*	Linneo, 1758	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: stor bønnemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gewone hoornschaal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: horny orb mussel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Horny Orb Mussel sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: allmän klotmussla

Literature

basis of record	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (172 publications)
Barcode of Life
GenBank (55 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G. (2014). Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181564

Dr Rafael Araujo. Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=337893