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Publication Pfenninger et al. (2002): summary

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Pfenninger, M., F. Reinhardt & B. Streit. 2002. Evidence for cryptic hybridization between different evolutionary lineages of the invasive clam genus Corbicula (Veneroida, Bivalvia). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15: 818-829. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00440.x.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula africana = Corbicula africana + Corbicula madagascariensis

+ Corbicula madagascariensis E.A. Smith, 1882

Corbicula australis

Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula japonica

Corbicula leana

Corbicula sandai Reinhardt, 1878

Neocorbicula limosa = Cyanocyclas limosa

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