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species Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774): synonymy

63 specimens + 45 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 206.
specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 321, pl. 30, figs. 322-323.
(renamed Cyclas chinensis Lamarck, 1806)

Corbicula flumineaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905), Prashad (1929), Zhadin (1965), Brandt (1974), Kil (1976), ... Wu et al. (2023), Kropotin et al. (2023), Torres et al. (2024), FMCS (2025), Huang et al. (2025)
Corbicula fulminea [sic]Oesch (1984)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaHuber (2015), Bespalaya et al. (2025)
Corbicula spp.Prié et al. (2023)

Tellina fluviatilis Müller, 1774

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 206.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Fauna Europaea (2012), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Cyclas chinensis Lamarck, 1806

Lamarck, 1806. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 421 [412].
(new name for Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774)

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 320, pl. 30, figs. 320-321.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 302, figs. 2a-c.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 552’ [2nd page 552].

Corbicula fluminalisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Cyrena orientalis Lamarck, 1818

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 552’ [2nd page 552].

Corbicula fluminea var. orientalisDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminalisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Cyrena woodiana Lea, 1834

Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 110, pl. 18, fig. 55.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula fulminea ‘Müller’ of Authors

‘Müller’ of Authors.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 34.
Oesch, 1984. Missouri Naiades: 238.
(error for Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774)

Corbicula grandis Deshayes, 1855

Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 344, sp. 125.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 225, sp. 16.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula triangularis Deshayes, 1855

Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 345, sp. 132.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 234, sp. 47.

Corbicula flumineaHe & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula primeana Mørch, 1861

Mørch, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 347.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula chemnitziana Prime, 1864

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 60, fig. 5.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula pexata Prime, 1864

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 57, fig. 1.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula pfeifferiana Prime, 1867

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(6): 417.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula andersoniana Nevill, 1877

Nevill, 1877. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 46: 41.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula yunnanensis Nevill, 1877

Nevill, 1877. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 46: 40.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula inflata Clessin, 1879

Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 179, pl. 31, figs. 14-15.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula ovata Clessin, 1879

Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 167, pl. 29, figs. 15-16.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula iravadica Blanford, 1880

“Blandford mss.” Hanley & Theobald, 1876. Conch. Indica (8): 62, pl. 140, fig. 8.
Theobald, 1876. Cat. Land Freshw. Shells Brit. Ind.: 45.
Blanford, 1880. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49: 221.

Corbicula iravadicaPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Subba Rao (1989), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula crebricostis Westerlund, 1885

Westerlund, 1885. Vega Exped. 4: 218, pl. 6, fig. 32.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula aquilina Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Jihad (2023)

Corbicula astronomica Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Jihad (2023)

Corbicula aurea Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula bezuariana Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula bicolor Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula bilineata Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
(homonym of Corbicula bilineata Morlet, 1886)

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula cheniana Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Jihad (2023)

Corbicula colombeliana Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula concinna Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula conica Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula cordieriana Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula delavayana Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula diminuta Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula ferruginea Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula fluitans Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula foukiensis Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula gravis Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): pl. 4, figs. 20-20a.

Corbicula fluminea var. bocourtiDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula grilloana Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula gryphaea Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula fluminea var. bocourtiDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula ignobilis Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula indigotina Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): pl. 4, fig. 21.

Corbicula fluminea var. indigotinaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula ingloriosa Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula iodina Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula iridina Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula lapicida Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula leleciana Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula montana Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula obtruncata Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula polychromatica Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula porcellanea Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula portentosa Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula praeterita Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula rathousiana Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula scholastica Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula sphaerica Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula squalida Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
(homonym of Corbicula squalida Deshayes, 1855)

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula subquadrata Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula uncinulata Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula vicina Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula fulgida Bullen, 1901

Bullen, 1901. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 4: 224, pl. 22, fig. 2.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula suifuensis var. finitima Lindholm, 1927

Lindholm, 1927. Ann. Mus. St. Pétersbourg 28: 550, pl. 32, figs. 1-2.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929)

Corbicula eleciana Mackie, 2007

‘Heude’ Mackie, 2007. OH Biol. Surv. Bull. New Series 15(3): 215.
(error for Corbicula leleciana Heude, 1887)

Corbicula schelastica Mackie, 2007

‘Heude’ Mackie, 2007. OH Biol. Surv. Bull. New Series 15(3): 215.
(error for Corbicula scholastica Heude, 1887)

Corbicula inflate Bespalaya et al., 2025

‘Clessin’ Bespalaya et al., 2025. Zool. Scripta: Appendix S1, p. 7.
(error for Corbicula inflata Clessin, 1879)

Venus fluminalis euphratis Martini & Chemnitz, 1782

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 319, pl. 30, fig. 320. [non-binomial]

Corbicula flumineaHe & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Cyrena similis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833

specimen image from publicationGray Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 20, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Venus similis Gray in Wood, 1828)

Corbicula flumineaHe & Zhuang (2013)

Cyrena orientalis Deshayes, 1835

Deshayes, 1835. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 273, var. 2.
(reference to Cyrena orientalis Lamarck, 1818)

Corbicula flumineaHe & Zhuang (2013)

Cyrena manilensis Menke, 1841

Menke, 1841. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool.: 163.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena manilensis Philippi, 1844)

Cyrena fluviatilis Philippi, 1846

‘Müller’ Philippi, 1846. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 2(3): 77.
(reference to Tellina fluviatilis Müller, 1774)

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula cor Deshayes, 1855

Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 221.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena cor Lamarck, 1818)

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929)

Corbicula pisum Theobald, 1876

Theobald, 1876. Cat. Land Freshw. Shells Brit. Ind.: 45.
(homonym of Cyrena pisum Deshayes in Bouillet, 1836)

Corbicula iravadicaPrashad (1928)

Corbicula adunca Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula gentiliana Heude, 1887

Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula irawadica Tapparone Canefri, 1889

‘Blanford, mss.’ Tapparone Canefri, 1889. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 27: 355.
(error for Corbicula iravadica Blanford, 1880)

Corbicula iravadicaPrashad (1928)

Corbicula irrawaddica Martens, 1899

‘Blanford’ Martens, 1899. Arch. Naturg. 65: 47.
(error for Corbicula iravadica Blanford, 1880)

Corbicula sandai Annandale, 1916

Annandale, 1916. Mem. Asia. Soc. Bengal 6: 317, pl. 10, figs. 10-13.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula sandai Reinhardt, 1878)

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula astronomoca Jihad, 2023

‘Heudo’ [sic] Jihad, 2023. Bull. Iraq Nat. Hist. Mus. 17(4): 599.
(error for Corbicula astronomica Heude, 1887)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula flumineaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905), Prashad (1929), Zhadin (1965), Brandt (1974), Kil (1976), ... Wu et al. (2023), Kropotin et al. (2023), Torres et al. (2024), FMCS (2025), Huang et al. (2025)
Corbicula fluminea var. orientalisDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminea var. bocourtiDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminea var. indigotinaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminalisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula iravadicaPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Subba Rao (1989), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula fulminea [sic]Oesch (1984)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaHuber (2015), Bespalaya et al. (2025)
Corbicula spp.Prié et al. (2023)