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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

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

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

Corbicula fuscata var. atrata Reinhardt, 1878

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

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

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

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

Corbicula fluminalis var. extrema Lindholm, 1929

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

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

Corbicula leana Martens, 1877

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

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

Corbicula bifrons Kantor et al., 2010

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

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula transversaPrashad (1924)
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 leana var. sadoensisPrashad (1924)
Corbicula atrataPrashad (1924)
Corbicula (s.s.) japonicaHuber (2015), Bespalaya et al. (2025)
Corbicula japonica japonicaBogatov (2022)