Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula

species Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864: synonymy

17 specimens + 1 GenBank voucher

Synonymy

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 68, fig. 15.

Corbicula japonicaPrashad (1924), Morton (1986), Siripattrawan et al. (2000), Pfenninger et al. (2002), Glaubrecht et al. (2003), ... Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Peñarrubia et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Wu et al. (2023), Huang et al. (2025)
Corbicula (s.s.) japonicaHuber (2015), Bespalaya et al. (2025)
Corbicula japonica japonicaBogatov (2022)

Corbicula biformis Reinhardt, 1877

Reinhardt, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin: 70.

Corbicula japonicaPrashad (1924), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula transversa Martens, 1877

Martens, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1877: 120.

Corbicula transversaPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula ovalis Reinhardt, 1878

Reinhardt, 1878. Jb. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 5: 192, pl. 5, fig. 5.
(homonym of Corbicula ovalis Prime, 1860)

Corbicula transversaPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula fuscata var. atrata Reinhardt, 1878

Reinhardt, 1878. Jb. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 5: 191, pl. 5, fig. 4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818)

Corbicula atrataPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyrena yokohamanensis Sowerby, 1878

Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 12, fig. 55.

Corbicula transversaPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula doenitziana Clessin, 1879

Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 197, pl. 39, fig. 4.

Corbicula transversaPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula martensii Clessin, 1879

Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 196, pl. 38, figs. 17-18.

Corbicula atrataPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula reiniana Clessin, 1879

Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 196, pl. 39, figs. 8-9.

Corbicula atrataPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula sadoensis Pilsbry, 1901

Pilsbry, 1901. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 53: 406.
Pilsbry, 1907. Annot. Zool. Japon. 6: 158, pl. 7, figs. 15-16.

Corbicula leana var. sadoensisPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula nipponensis Pilsbry, 1907

Pilsbry, 1907. Annot. Zool. Japon. 6: 159, pl. 7 figs. 3-4.

Corbicula japonicaPrashad (1924), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula nipponensis var. delicatula Pilsbry, 1907

Pilsbry, 1907. Annot. Zool. Japon. 6: 160.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Corbicula nipponensis Pilsbry, 1907)

Corbicula japonicaPrashad (1924), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula fluminalis var. extrema Lindholm, 1929

Lindholm, 1929. unknown publication: ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Tellina fluminalis Müller, 1774)

Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov (2022)

Corbicula leana Martens, 1877

Martens, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1877: 119.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula leana Prime, 1864)

Corbicula atrataPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula bifrons Kantor et al., 2010

Kantor et al., 2010. Cat. Contin. Moll. Russia: 289.
(error for Corbicula biformis Reinhardt, 1877)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula japonicaPrashad (1924), Morton (1986), Siripattrawan et al. (2000), Pfenninger et al. (2002), Glaubrecht et al. (2003), ... Peñarrubia et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Bogatov (2022), Wu et al. (2023), Huang et al. (2025)
Corbicula atrataPrashad (1924)
Corbicula transversaPrashad (1924)
Corbicula leana var. sadoensisPrashad (1924)
Corbicula (s.s.) japonicaHuber (2015), Bespalaya et al. (2025)
Corbicula japonica japonicaBogatov (2022)