List of Sphaerium species

As of July 2024^[update], about 180 species are accepted in the genus Sphaerium.^[1]

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J–K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P–Q
• R
• S
• T
• U–V
• W–Z

A

• Sphaerium acuminatum (Prime, 1852)
• †Sphaerium aequale L. S. Russell, 1926
• Sphaerium aequatoriale Clessin, 1879
• †Sphaerium aktschagylicum A. A. Ali-Zade & Kabakova, 1969
• Sphaerium alticola Kobelt, 1913
• †Sphaerium altiformis B.-Y. Huang & X.-Q. Zhang, 1982
• Sphaerium amurensis (Moskvicheva, 1986)
• †Sphaerium andersonianum Hannibal, 1912
• †Sphaerium anderssoni (Grabau, 1923)
• †Sphaerium angulare K. Martin, 1885
• †Sphaerium antiqum Z.-W. Gu, 1976
• †Sphaerium aquilonarum Dall, 1924
• Sphaerium argentinum (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
• Sphaerium asiaticum (E. von Martens, 1864)
• Sphaerium austeni Prashad, 1921
• Sphaerium avanum Theobald, 1874

B

• Sphaerium baicalense W. Dybowski, 1902
• †Sphaerium beckmani L. S. Russell, 1976
• Sphaerium bequaerti (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914)
• †Sphaerium bertereauae Fontannes, 1884
• †Sphaerium blancheti Locard, 1893
• †Sphaerium bristovii (Forbes, 1856)

C

• Sphaerium cambaraense Mansur, Meier-Brook & Ituarte, 2008
• Sphaerium capense (Krauss, 1848)
• †Sphaerium capillaceum Lindholm, 1932
• †Sphaerium castrense Noulet, 1857
• †Sphaerium catherinae Hannibal, 1912
• Sphaerium cecilae Prashad, 1921
• †Sphaerium chaganhuensis G.-X. Zhu, 1976
• †Sphaerium chientaoense K. Suzuki, 1941
• †Sphaerium coreanicum (T. Kobayashi & K. Suzuki, 1936)
• Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) – European fingernail clam
• †Sphaerium cynodon G. D. Hanna, 1923

D

• †Sphaerium dagardiense (Oppenheim, 1919)
• Sphaerium davisi (Bartsch, 1908)
• †Sphaerium dayaoense Q.-H. Ma, 1976
• †Sphaerium discus Pierce, 2001
• Sphaerium dybowskii Lindholm, 1909

E

• †Sphaerium ellipticoides B.-D. Shi, 1982
• †Sphaerium exilisum B.-Y. Huang & X.-Q. Zhang, 1982

F

• †Sphaerium fabale (Prime, 1852)
• †Sphaerium fengxianense B.-D. Shi, 1982
• †Sphaerium florissantense T. D. A. Cockerell, 1906
• Sphaerium forbesii (R. A. Philippi, 1869)
• †Sphaerium fowleri L. S. Russell, 1931
• †Sphaerium fujianense J.-G. Sha, 1992
• †Sphaerium fulungchuanense K. Suzuki, 1942

G

• †Sphaerium gemma Dall, 1924
• †Sphaerium gerdae (V. Anistratenko, 1991)
• †Sphaerium gibberum B.-Y. Huang & X.-Q. Zhang, 1982
• †Sphaerium gibbosum (J. De C. Sowerby, 1829)
• †Sphaerium gietzi Tozer, 1956
• †Sphaerium gozhiki (Datsenko, 1990)
• †Sphaerium groenlandensis Yen, 1958
• †Sphaerium grosiformis G.-X. Zhu, 1976

H

• Sphaerium haasi C. R. Boettger, 1915
• Sphaerium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874)
• †Sphaerium heissbaueri Hölzl, 1953
• †Sphaerium herringtoni Pierce, 1993
• †Sphaerium heskethense Warren, 1926
• Sphaerium heterodon Pilsbry, 1895
• †Sphaerium hulagouensis J.-S. Yu & P.-Y. Yao, 1986
• †Sphaerium huobashanense B.-L. Ding, 1982

I

• †Sphaerium icenicum D. T. Holyoak & Preece, 1986
• †Sphaerium idahoense Meek, 1870
• Sphaerium incomitatum (Kuiper, 1966)
• Sphaerium incurvum (Guppy, 1872)
• Sphaerium indicum Deshayes, 1855
• †Sphaerium inflatum M.-C. Chow, 1953
• †Sphaerium inflatum (V. Anistratenko, 1991)

J–K

• Sphaerium japonicum (Westerlund, 1883)
• †Sphaerium jianchangense J.-S. Yu, G.-Y. Dong & P.-Y. Yao, 1987
• †Sphaerium kailuense Z.-W. Gu, 1999
• Sphaerium kashmirensis Prashad, 1937
• †Sphaerium kazuoense J.-S. Yu, G.-Y. Dong & P.-Y. Yao, 1987
• Sphaerium kendricki Kuiper, 1983
• †Sphaerium kettlemanense Arnold, 1909
• Sphaerium korotniewii W. Dybowski, 1902
• †Sphaerium krasnenkovi (V. Anistratenko & Starobogatov, 1990)
• †Sphaerium kustovica (Tolstikova, 1973)

L

• Sphaerium lacusedes (Iredale, 1943)
• Sphaerium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• †Sphaerium laiyangense J.-H. Chen, 1984
• †Sphaerium langxiense Q.-H. Ma, 1980
• Sphaerium lauricochae (R. A. Philippi, 1869)
• †Sphaerium lentum Pierce, 2014
• †Sphaerium liburnicum (Stache, 1889)
• Sphaerium limanicum (Moskvicheva, 1986)
• †Sphaerium livingstonense L. S. Russell, 1932
• †Sphaerium lortetianum Locard, 1883

M

• Sphaerium madagascariense (Tristram, 1863)
• †Sphaerium maillardi Locard, 1893
• †Sphaerium malheurense J. Henderson & Rodeck, 1934
• Sphaerium marisminus Starobogatov, 1986
• Sphaerium martensi Pilsbry, 1899
• †Sphaerium martinsoni (Tolstikova, 1973)
• †Sphaerium matejici Pavlović, 1933
• †Sphaerium mclearni L. S. Russell, 1932
• Sphaerium mexicanum Dall, 1905
• †Sphaerium miocaenicum (Neubauer & Harzhauser, 2014)
• Sphaerium miyadii Mori, 1933
• Sphaerium mohasicum Thiele, 1911
• Sphaerium montanum Tapparone Canefri, 1889
• †Sphaerium morozi (Datsenko, 1990)
• †Sphaerium mulingense J.-G. Sha & Fürsich, 1992

N

• †Sphaerium nevadense D. W. Taylor, 1981
• Sphaerium nitidum Clessin, 1876 – Arctic fingernail clam
• Sphaerium novaezelandiae Deshayes, 1855
• Sphaerium nucleus (Studer, 1820)
• Sphaerium nyanzae E. A. Smith, 1892

O

• †Sphaerium oborense Popova, 1964
• Sphaerium occidentale (J. Lewis, 1856)
• Sphaerium okinawaense Mori, 1937
• †Sphaerium orientalis J.-S. Yu & K. Zhang, 1984
• Sphaerium ovale (A. Férussac, 1807)
• †Sphaerium ozegovici Brusina, 1897

P–Q

• †Sphaerium parasolidium B.-Y. Huang & X.-Q. Zhang, 1982
• Sphaerium parenzani (Gambetta, 1930)
• Sphaerium partumeium (Say, 1822)
• Sphaerium parvium Yen, 1948
• Sphaerium patagonicum (Pilsbry, 1911)
• Sphaerium patella (A. Gould, 1850)
• †Sphaerium pingquanense J.-S. Yu & K. Zhang, 1984
• †Sphaerium plantarum Saporta, 1889
• †Sphaerium planum Meek & Hayden, 1860
• †Sphaerium praecoquum L. S. Russell, 1937
• †Sphaerium praelacustris (Tolstikova, 1973)
• †Sphaerium praetermissum (Noulet, 1854)
• Sphaerium problematicum Gabriel, 1939
• †Sphaerium progrediens L. S. Russell, 1952
• †Sphaerium prominulum (Reuss, 1849)
• †Sphaerium proscaldianum Martinson & Tolstikova, 1969
• †Sphaerium pujiangense Z.-W. Gu & Q.-H. Ma, 1976
• †Sphaerium pyrum J.-G. Sha, 1992
• †Sphaerium quarterina (V. Anistratenko & Starobogatov, 1990)
• †Sphaerium quasicornum B.-Y. Huang & X.-Q. Zhang, 1982
• Sphaerium quirindi (Korniushin, 2000)

R

• Sphaerium ranae van Benthem Jutting, 1927
• †Sphaerium recticardinale Meek & Hayden, 1860
• †Sphaerium rectiglobosum Z.-W. Gu & J.-S. Yu, 1976
• Sphaerium regulare Mandahl-Barth, 1954
• †Sphaerium reisi (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1924)
• Sphaerium rhomboideum (Say, 1822)
• Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818)
• †Sphaerium rogersi Hannibal, 1912
• †Sphaerium rosmalense (T. Meijer, 1990)
• †Sphaerium rotunditrigonum X.-H. Yu, 1982
• †Sphaerium rotundum J.-S. Yu & K. Zhang, 1984
• †Sphaerium rugosum Meek, 1870

S

• Sphaerium securis (Prime, 1852)
• †Sphaerium selenginense (Martinson, 1956)
• †Sphaerium semisolidum Martinson, 1956
• †Sphaerium shantungense (Grabau, 1923)
• †Sphaerium shouchangense Q.-H. Ma, 1980
• Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817)
• †Sphaerium simplex J.-S. Yu, 1984
• Sphaerium solidum (Normand, 1844)
• †Sphaerium squamula L. S. Russell, 1932
• †Sphaerium starobogatovi (V. Anistratenko, 1991)
• †Sphaerium stewartensis Firby, 1966
• †Sphaerium stojanovici Brusina, 1897
• Sphaerium striatinum (Lamarck, 1818)
• †Sphaerium studeri Locard, 1893
• Sphaerium stuhlmanni E. von Martens, 1897
• †Sphaerium subellipticum (Meek & Hayden, 1856)
• †Sphaerium subnobile (Cobălcescu, 1883)
• †Sphaerium subovatum B.-D. Shi, 1982
• †Sphaerium subplanum (Reis, 1910)
• †Sphaerium subtile T. Meijer, 1990
• Sphaerium subtransversum Prime, 1860

T

• †Sphaerium tani (Grabau, 1923)
• Sphaerium tasmanicum (Tenison Woods, 1876)
• Sphaerium tatiarae Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
• †Sphaerium tignense (Martinson, 1961)
• Sphaerium titicacense (Pilsbry, 1924)
• Sphaerium transversum (Say, 1829)
• Sphaerium triangulare (Say, 1829)

V-Z

• Sphaerium victoriae E. A. Smith, 1906
• †Sphaerium wiljuicum (Martinson, 1956)
• †Sphaerium yiyangense B.-L. Ding, 1982
• †Sphaerium yongkangense Q.-H. Ma, 1980
• †Sphaerium zhejiangense Q.-H. Ma, 1980
• †Sphaerium zhujiangense B.-Y. Huang & X.-Q. Zhang, 1982