species Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848): synonymy

Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848

Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 8, pl. 1, fig. 8.

Corbicula africana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Morton (1986), Pfenninger et al. (2002), Bogan (2010), OBIS (2012), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Kropotin et al. (2023)
Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Pigneur et al. (2014)
Corbicula fluminalis — IUCN (2012)
Corbicula (s.s.) africana — Bespalaya et al. (2025)

Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848

Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 8.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848)

Corbicula pusilla — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula fluminalis — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Jihad (2023)
Corbicula fluminalis africana — Daget (1998)

Cyrena africana var. olivacea Krauss, 1848

Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 8.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848)

Corbicula africana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula fluminalis africana — Daget (1998)

Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1864

Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 66, fig. 12.

Corbicula kirkii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986)
Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Corbicula natalensis Clessin, 1877

‘Krauss’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 155, pl. 27, figs. 19-21.

Corbicula natalensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Corbicula fluminalis natalensis — IUCN (2010)

Corbicula oliphantensis Craven, 1880

Craven, 1880. unknown publication: 618, pl. 57, fig. 12.

Corbicula oliphantensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986)
Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Corbicula nyassana Bourguignat, 1889

‘Parreyss’ E.A. Smith, 1877. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1877: 718.
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 37.

Corbicula radiata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Corbicula quinzii Connolly, 1939

Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 621.

Corbicula fluminalis africana — Daget (1998)

Corbicula albeda Jihad, 2023

‘Krauss’ Jihad, 2023. Bull. Iraq Nat. Hist. Mus. 17(4): 599.
(error for Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848)

Cyrena gauritziana Krauss, 1848

Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 8. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848)

Corbicula africana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)

Cyrena (Corbicula) radiata E.A. Smith, 1877

‘Parreyss’ E.A. Smith, 1877. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1877: 718.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846)

Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Corbicula astartina Haas, 1936

Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 42.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena astartina Martens, 1860)

Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)