Conventus Explained

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.[1]

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.[2] Conventus was elevated to generic status in a 2024 article published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society based on phylogenetic analysis.[1]

Species

This genus includes the following species:

Notes and References

  1. 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) . . 201 . 2 . 305–338 . 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad139 . free . 0024-4082 . 75645095 . 36953454.
  2. 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 . en . 0923-5701 . 1428064681.

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