MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula africana
nominal species Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1864
Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1864 = Corbicula africana
Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 66, fig. 12.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Corbicula fluminalis africana (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998: 168.
+ Corbicula fluminalis africana (Krauss, 1848) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 116, 133.
= Corbicula kirkii Prime — Morton, 1986: 114.
= Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1864 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 340.
= Corbicula kirkii Prime — Clessin, 1877: 137, pl. 24, figs. 16-17.
= Corbicula kirkii Prime — Prime, 1870: 132.
= Corbicula kirkii nov. spec. — Prime, 1864: 66, fig. 12.
