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Publication Prashad (1929): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Prashad, B. 1929. Revision of the Asiatic species of the genus Corbicula. III. — The species of the genus Corbicula from China, South-Eastern Russia, Tibet, Formosa, and the Philippine Islands. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 9: 49-68.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula elongata Clessin, 1878

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)
+ Tellina fluviatilis Müller, 1774
+ Cyclas chinensis Lamarck, 1806
+ Cyrena orientalis Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818
+ Corbicula cor Deshayes, 1854
+ Cyrena woodiana Lea, 1834
+ Cyrena fluviatilis Philippi, 1846
+ Corbicula grandis Deshayes, 1854
+ Corbicula primeana Mörch, 1861
+ Corbicula pexata Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula chemnitziana Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula pfeifferiana Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula ovata Clessin, 1879
+ Corbicula inflata Clessin, 1879
+ Corbicula yunnanensis Nevill, 1877
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Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) = Corbicula elatior

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) = Corbicula producta

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) = Corbicula bocourti

Corbicula formosana Dall, 1903

Corbicula insularis Prime, 1867

Corbicula lamarckiana Prime

Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)
+ Corbicula sulcatina Deshayes, 1854
+ Corbicula vulgaris Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula lagillierti of Authors, unknown year

Corbicula lutea Morelet, 1862

Corbicula manilensis (Philippi, 1841)
+ Corbicula manillensis Prime, 1860
+ Corbicula sayana Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula venustula Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula subtriangularis Bullen, 1901

Corbicula nitens (Philippi, 1844) = Corbicula bocourti
+ Cyrena (Batissa) primei Morelet, 1862
+ Corbicula primeana Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula muelleriana Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula papyracea Heude, 1887
+ Corbicula cantatoris Heude, 1887
+ Corbicula borealis Heude, 1887
+ Corbicula soriniana Heude, 1887
+ Corbicula papyracea var. colorata Martens, 1905

Corbicula nitens (Philippi, 1844)

Corbicula nitens (Philippi, 1844) = Corbicula colorata

Corbicula recurvata (Eydoux, 1835)

Corbicula similis (Wood, 1828)
+ Cyrena similis Deshayes, 1854

Corbicula squalida Deshayes, 1854 = Corbicula manilensis
+ Corbicula cumingii Deshayes, 1854
+ Corbicula notata Prime, 1861
+ Corbicula crosseana Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula venustula Clessin, 1879

Corbicula subsulcata Clessin, 1878

Corbicula tibetensis sp. nov.