SPHAERIIDAE Deshayes, 1855

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 762

Family SPHAERIIDAE Deshayes, 1855 [1820]

Sphaeriina – Deshayes, 1855d: 261. Origin of the family-level name Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855 , as recognized by ICZN Opinions 1331 (1985) and 1957 (2000). It has priority over but takes precedence from the invalid Cycladidae Rafinesque, 1820 .

boissyi , Cyclas – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 34, pl. 34, figs 37- 39; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 521-522. — Type locality: Rilly-la-Montagne. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian). — Current status: Pisidium boissyi (Deshayes, 1857) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 73) . cardiolum, Pisidium – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 34, pl. 34, figs 26-29;1858-DescrCoqFoss: 525. — Type localities:Châlons-sur-Vesle, Gueux & Jonchery-sur-Vesle. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian). 1858: 552. — Current status: Eupera denainvilliersi [Boissy, 1848] cardiolum (Deshayes, 1857) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 73). dupoteti, Cyclas – Deshayes, 1848- Algér: 156, pl. “76, figs 5-8”. — Type locality: Algeria. — Type age: Recent. Nomen nudum; plate never issued, and plate explanation lacks descriptive characters.

indicum , Sphaerium – Deshayes, 1855d: 265; 1855 (16 May): 342. — Type locality: India rivers ; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. G. B. Sowerby II, 1876b: pl. 1, fig. 8. — Current status: Musculium indicum (Deshayes, 1855) ( Nesemann & Sharma 2005: 57, 62, 65, pl. 1, figs 3-4, pl. 4, fig. 1) .

laevigata , Cyclas – Deshayes, 1824-DictClass5: 220, non Schumacher, 1817. — Type locality: Mont-Bernon (Epernay). — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian).1825-DescrCoqFoss: 116, 9, pl. 18, figs 12- 13. 1830 b-EncyMeth: 36. 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 525, as Pisidium . Cyclas sublaevigata d’Orbigny, 1850b (d’Orbigny 1850b: 304, no. 134), replacement name. — Current status: Eupera sublaevigata (d’Orbigny, 1850) (Pacaud 2007: 64) .

lucasii, Cyclas – Deshayes, 1846-Algér: 156, pl. “76, figs 13-16”. — Type locality: Algeria. — Type age: Recent. Nomen nudum ; plate never issued, and plate explanation lacks descriptive characters.

minutissima , Cyclas – Deshayes, 1848-Algér: 156, pl. “76, figs 1-4”. — Type locality: Algeria. — Type age: Recent. Nomen nudum ; plate never issued, and plate explanation lacks descriptive characters.

novaezelandiae , Sphaerium – Deshayes, 1855d: 272-273; 1855 (16 May): 342. — Type localities: New Zealand “& Australia ”. — Type age: Recent. G. B. Sowerby II, 1876b: pl. 4, fig. 37. — Type material: NHMUK 1950.10.25.16-18, 3 syntypes from New Zealand. — Type species (OD) of Zecyclas Starobogatov, 1968 , which is now regarded as a synonym of Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777 . Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) novaezelandiae (Deshayes, 1855) ( Powell, 1979: 422, fig. 112.2). — Current status: – Current status: Sphaerium (Musculium) novaezelandiae (Deshayes, 1855) ( Lee & Foighil 2003: 249) . parasiticum, Pisum – Deshayes, 1855d: 280, ex Parreys ms. ( Pisum Megerle, 1811 , is regarded as a nomen dubium and Pisidium C. Pfeiffer, 1821 , is now used.). — Type locality: Upper Nile. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1841.4.29.22-82, syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848) [ Cyclas ] ( Daget 1998: 187).