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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae

genus Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811: species

6 available nominal genus synonyms (14 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula africana

Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848)

syonymy (8 available, 12 total) | specimens (7)

Range: Southern Africa, including the upper Congo. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula amurensis Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1994

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Lower Amur River, Russia. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula annandalei Prashad, 1928

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Southern India. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Corbicula annadalei)

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula anomioides

Corbicula anomioides (Bogan & Bouchet, 1998)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (2)

Range: Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula arata

Corbicula arata (Sowerby, 1878)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (3)

Range: Lower Myanmar and Thailand. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula assamensis Prashad, 1928

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Lower Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula astartina

Corbicula astartina (Martens, 1860)

syonymy (5 available, 7 total) | specimens (3)

Range: Upper Congo and Zambezi basins, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula aurea Nesemann & Sharma in Nesemann et al., 2007

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Ganges Basin. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula australis

Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)

syonymy (11 available, 13 total) | specimens (14)

Range: Eastern Australia and New Guinea. (Australasia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula baudoni

Corbicula baudoni Morlet, 1886

syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (6)

Range: Indochina. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula bensoni Deshayes, 1854

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Gangetic Delta, India and Bangladesh. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern

Corbicula bitruncata Martens, 1908

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Borneo. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula blandiana

Corbicula blandiana Prime, 1867

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)

Range: Mekong Basin in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula bocourti

Corbicula bocourti (Morelet, 1865)

syonymy (9 available, 11 total) | specimens (14)

Range: Mekong, Indochina. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula cashmiriensis

Corbicula cashmiriensis Deshayes, 1854

syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (5)

Range: Kashmir. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula castanea

Corbicula castanea (Morelet, 1865)

syonymy (1 available, 5 total) | specimens (4)

Range: Indochina. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula celebensis Martens, 1897

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula colorata

Corbicula colorata Martens, 1905

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Korea. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula consularis

Corbicula consularis Prime, 1870

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)

Range: Malacca, Malay peninsula. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula cyreniformis

Corbicula cyreniformis Prime, 1860

syonymy (3 available, 5 total) | specimens (4)

Range: Mekong Basin, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula dautzenbergi Prashad, 1928

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Vietnam. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula ducalis

Corbicula ducalis Prime, 1860

syonymy (2 available, 5 total) | specimens (8)

Range: Sunda Islands, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula elatior

Corbicula elatior Martens, 1905

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Primorye, eastern Russia. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula elongata Clessin, 1879

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Philippines. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula erosa

Corbicula erosa Prime, 1861

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (3)

Range: Cambodia and Thailand. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula fenouilliana Heude, 1887

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: China and Korea. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: COI

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)

syonymy (58 available, 123 total) | specimens (92 + 23 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Native to Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Introduced to Europe and South America. (South America, Afrotropics, North Eurasia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)

syonymy (60 available, 71 total) | specimens (61 + 36 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Native to eastern Asia. Widely introduced. (North America, South America, North Eurasia, East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, Cytb, H3, mtGenome, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula formosana Dall, 1903

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Taiwan. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula gubernatoria

Corbicula gubernatoria Prime, 1870

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (4)

Range: Vietnam and Cambodia. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula gustaviana

Corbicula gustaviana Martens, 1900

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (3)

Range: Thailand and Sumatra. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula heardi

Corbicula heardi Brandt, 1974

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Mae Lao River, Thailand. (East Asia)

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula insularis

Corbicula insularis Prime, 1867

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)

Range: Taiwan. (East Asia)

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula iravadica

Corbicula iravadica Blanford, 1880

syonymy (2 available, 4 total) | specimens (2)

Range: Myanmar and Thailand. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula javanica

Corbicula javanica (Mousson, 1849)

syonymy (5 available, 8 total) | specimens (6)

Range: Malay peninsula, Indonesia and the Philippines. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula krishnaea Ray, 1967

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Krishna River, India. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula lacunae Djajasasmita, 1977

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Described from Java. (East Asia)

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula lamarckiana

Corbicula lamarckiana Prime, 1867

syonymy (4 available, 4 total) | specimens (7)

Range: Southern China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula largillierti

Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)

syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (20)

Range: Yangtze River, China. Introduced to South America. (South America, East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula larnaudieri

Corbicula larnaudieri Prime, 1862

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (14)

Range: Thailand and Vietnam. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula leana

Corbicula leana Prime, 1867

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (6 + 13 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Japan. Introduced to the North America. (North America, East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, COII, Cytb, mtGenome, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula leviuscula

Corbicula leviuscula Prime, 1867

syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (2)

Range: Mekong River in Thailand and Vietnam. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula lindholmi Kursalova & Starobogatov, 1971

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Southern Primorye, Russia. (East Asia)

Corbicula linduensis Bollinger, 1914

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: COI

Corbicula loehensis Kruimel, 1913

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened B1a+2a
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula lutea

Corbicula lutea (Morelet, 1862)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)

Range: China. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula luteola Prashad, 1928

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Vietnam. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula lydigiana

Corbicula lydigiana Prime, 1861

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula madagascariensis Smith, 1882

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Madagascar. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Endangered A2ce
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula malaccensis

Corbicula malaccensis Deshayes, 1854

syonymy (4 available, 6 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Malacca, Malay peninsula. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula manilensis

Corbicula manilensis (Philippi, 1844)

syonymy (8 available, 10 total) | specimens (11)

Range: Borneo and the Philippines. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula matannensis Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898

syonymy (3 available, 5 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened B1a+2a
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula messageri

Corbicula messageri Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1901

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (4)

Range: Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula moltkiana

Corbicula moltkiana Prime, 1878

syonymy (7 available, 8 total) | specimens (2)

Range: Malay peninsula and Sumatra, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula moreletiana

Corbicula moreletiana Prime, 1867

syonymy (6 available, 8 total) | specimens (28)

Range: Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula nevelskoyi Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1994

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Lower Amur Basin, Russia. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula nitens

Corbicula nitens (Philippi, 1844)

syonymy (6 available, 7 total) | specimens (4)

Range: Yangtze River, China, north to Korea. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula noetlingi

Corbicula noetlingi Martens, 1899

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (4)

Range: Eastern Myanmar and Thailand. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula occidentiformis

Corbicula occidentiformis Brandt, 1974

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)

Range: Loei and Mekong rivers, Thailand. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula ovalina

Corbicula ovalina Deshayes, 1854

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Australia. (Australasia)

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula peninsularis

Corbicula peninsularis Prashad, 1928

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Bombay, India. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula pingensis Brandt, 1974

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Maenam Ping River, Thailand. (East Asia)

Corbicula possoensis Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula producta

Corbicula producta Martens, 1905

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Primorye, Russia and the Korean peninsula. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: COI
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula pulchella

Corbicula pulchella (Mousson, 1849)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)

Range: Java and other islands, Indonesia. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula pullata (Philippi, 1851)

syonymy (4 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Sumatra and Borneo. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula recurvata (Eydoux, 1838)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Philippines. (East Asia)

Corbicula regia Clessin, 1879

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Malay Peninsula. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula rivalis (Von dem Busch in Philippi, 1851)

syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Sumatra, Java, and other islands, Indonesia. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula sandai

Corbicula sandai Reinhardt, 1878

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (5 + 4 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Lake Biwa, Japan. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, COII, Cytb, mtGenome, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula siamensis

Corbicula siamensis Prashad, 1928

syonymy (1 available, 5 total) | specimens (5)

Range: Thailand. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula similis (Gray in Wood, 1828)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Philippines. Borneo? (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: mtGenome
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula sirotskii Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1994

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Lower Amur Basin, Russia. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula solida Clessin, 1887

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Sri Lanka. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula solidula

Corbicula solidula Prime, 1861

syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (20)

Range: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula straminea

Corbicula straminea Reinhardt, 1877

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (5)

Range: Japan. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula striatella

Corbicula striatella Deshayes, 1854

syonymy (17 available, 18 total) | specimens (15)

Range: Widespread from Pakistan, India and Myanmar. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 18S
IUCN Red List: Least Concern, Least Concern (Corbicula regularis)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula subnitens Clessin, 1887

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Sri Lanka. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula subplanata Martens, 1897

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula subsulcata Clessin, 1879

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Taiwan. (East Asia)

Corbicula sylhetica Preston, 1908

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Bangladesh. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula tenuis

Corbicula tenuis Clessin, 1887

syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (5)

Range: Mekong Basin, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula tibetensis

Corbicula tibetensis Prashad, 1929

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Tibet and Kazakhstan. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula tobae Martens, 1900

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula tumida

Corbicula tumida Deshayes, 1854

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Sumatra and Borneo. (East Asia)

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula virescens

Corbicula virescens Brandt, 1974

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)

Range: Chao Phraya and Ping rivers, Thailand. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula vokesi

Corbicula vokesi Brandt, 1974

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Mekong Basin, Thailand. (East Asia)

Corbicula finitima Lindholm, 1928 (brackish)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, Primorye (eastern Russia) and Korea. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Decorative image of a representative of Corbicula japonica

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1867 (brackish)

syonymy (13 available, 15 total) | specimens (17 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Japan, Sakhalin, the lower Amur (Russia) and the southern Kuril Islands. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, COII, Cytb, mtGenome, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula mortoni Huber, 2015 (brackish)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, China. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula rectipatula B.-Y. Huang, 1981 (fossil)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: China, fossil.

other links: MolluscaBase

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