Conventus

Conventus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Sphaeriida
Superfamily: Sphaerioidea
Family: Sphaeriidae
Genus: Conventus
Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974
Type species
Pisidium conventus
Clessin, 1877
Species
Synonyms
  • Neopisidium (Conventus) Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974
  • Euglesa (Conventus) Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974
  • Conventus (Conventus) Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974
  • Conventus (Kurilipisidium) Prozorova, 1997

Conventus is a genus of freshwater bivalves in the family Sphaeriidae. Species in this genus are known from Europe, North America, and South Asia, including Arctic regions.

Taxonomy and history

Conventus was initially described as a subgenus of Neopisidium in 1974 by V.V. Pirogov and Yaroslav Starobogatov. It has also been considered a subgenus of Euglesa. Conventus was elevated to generic status in a 2024 article published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society based on phylogenetic analysis.

Species

This genus includes the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Conventus Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 Bespalaya, Yulia V.; Vinarski, Maxim V.; Aksenova, Olga V.; Babushkin, Evgeniy S.; Gofarov, Mikhail Yu; Kondakov, Alexander V.; Konopleva, Ekaterina S.; Kropotin, Alexander V.; Mabrouki, Youness; Ovchankova, Nadezda B.; Palatov, Dmitry M.; Sokolova, Svetlana E.; Shevchenko, Alexander R.; Travina, Oksana V.; Taybi, Abdelkhaleq F.; Soboleva, Alena A.; Zubrii, Natalia A.; Bolotov, Ivan N. (2024). "Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the Sphaeriinae (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201 (2): 305–338. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad139. ISSN 0024-4082. LCCN 75645095. OCLC 36953454.
  3. ↑ Kornushin, Alexei V. (1995). "Generic and subgeneric division of pill clams (genus Pisidium s.l.) in the base of anatomical characters". Correspondentieblad NMV. 282 (1): 2–5. ISSN 0923-5701. OCLC 1428064681.