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Publication Philippi (1846): summary

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Philippi, R.A. 1846. Abblildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien 2. 231 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula fluminea Philippi, 1846 = Corbicula ducalis

‘Müller’ of Authors.
Philippi, 1846. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 2: 76, pl. 1, fig. 3 [as ‘Cyrena’].
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 87, pl. 15, fig. 3.
O. Boettger, 1890. Ber. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 1890: 163.
Rolle, 1908. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 40: 69.
(misidentified reference to Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774)

Cyrena fluviatilis Philippi, 1846 = Corbicula fluminea

‘Müller’ Philippi, 1846. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 2: 77.
(reference to Tellina fluviatilis Müller, 1774)

Cyrena largillierti Philippi, 1844 = Corbicula largillierti

Philippi, 1844. Z. Malak. 1: 163.
Philippi, 1846. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 2: 75, pl. 1, fig. 1.

Cyrena nitens Philippi, 1844 = Corbicula nitens

Philippi, 1844. Z. Malak. 1: 163.
Philippi, 1846. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 2: 76, pl. 1, fig. 4.

Cyrena pusilla Philippi, 1846 = Corbicula fluminalis

‘Parreyss’ Philippi, 1846. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 2: 78, pl. 1, fig. 7.

Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846 = Corbicula fluminalis

‘Parreyss’ Philippi, 1846. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 2: 78, pl. 1, fig. 8.
(homonym of Cyrena radiata Hanley, 1844)

Cyrena solida Philippi, 1846 = Polymesoda solida

Philippi, 1846. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 2: 78, pl. 1, fig. 9.
(renamed Cyrena nicaraguana Prime, 1870)

Taxonomic Opinions

Cyrena cuneata Jonas = Cyanocyclas cuneata

Cyrena fluminea (Müll.) = Corbicula fluminea

Cyrena fluviatilis (Müll.) = Corbicula manilensis
+ Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyrena manilensis Philippi, 1844

Cyrena fluviatilis (Müll.) = Corbicula fluminea

Cyrena largillierti Philippi, 1844 = Corbicula largillierti

Cyrena nitens Ph. = Corbicula nitens

Cyrena orientalis Lamk. = Corbicula fluminea

Cyrena pusilla Parreyss = Corbicula fluminalis

Cyrena radiata Parreyss = Corbicula fluminalis

Cyrena solida Ph. = Polymesoda solida
 
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