Conventus
Genus of bivalves
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.
01Taxonomy 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.
02Species
This genus includes the following species:
- Conventus conventus (Clessin, 1877)
- Conventus ellisi (Dance, 1967)
- Conventus insigne (Gabb, 1868)
- Conventus raddei (Dybowski, 1902)
- Conventus subconventus (Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967)
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