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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula

species Corbicula japonica Prime, 1867: specimens
     13 available nominal species synonyms (15 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula japonica — Hedtke et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Kantor et al. (2010), Yamada et al. (2010), Houki et al. (2011), ... Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Peñarrubia et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Bogatov (2022), Wu et al. (2023)
Corbicula (s.s.) japonica — Huber (2015)
Corbicula japonica japonica — Bogatov (2022)

Range

Japan, Sakhalin, the lower Amur (Russia) and the southern Kuril Islands.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Japan

INHS_52288. Japan

unknown

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Japan

IDEA_Shell187. (28S: LC648598, go to Genbank) Japan:Fukuoka, Chikugo river.