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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula fluminalis

nominal species Corbicula subtruncata var. aegyptiaca Germain, 1909

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Corbicula subtruncata var. aegyptiaca Germain, 1909 = Corbicula fluminalis

Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 190 [as ‘Corbicula ægyptiaca’]. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1909. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 15(7): 582, fig. 17b.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Corbicula subtruncatula Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): TYPES MNHN_MP_3498, Egypte / Kyngani.

= Corbicula fluminalis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774) — Jihad, 2023

+ Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774) — He & Zhuang, 2013

+ Corbicula fluminalis consobrina (Cailliaud, 1827) — Daget, 1998

+ Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

= Corbicula aegyptiaca Bogart [sic] — Morton, 1986

= Corbicula subtruncata var. aegyptiaca “Bourguignat” Germain, 1909 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Corbicula ægyptiaca Bourguignat — Pallary, 1924

= Corbicula subtruncata var. ægyptiaca Bgt. (sp.) — Pallary, 1909

= Corbicula ægyptiaca Bourguignat, 1885 — Bourguignat, 1889

 
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