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

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species Cyanocyclas species __: synonymy
     3 specimens

Corbicula convexa Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 342, sp. 119.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3516, Rio de la Plata.

Neocorbicula convexaMartens (1900)
Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) convexaMarshall (1924)
Corbicula convexaContreras-Arquieta (2000)

Corbicula obsoleta Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 343, sp. 120.

Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) obsoletaMarshall (1924)
Cyanocyclas obsoletaSimone (2006)

Cyrena obscura Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 321.

Cyanocyclas obscuraSimone (2006)

Corbicula amazonica Prime, 1870
‘Anthony’ Prime, 1870. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 9: 299.
‘Anthony’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 128. [nomen nudum]

Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) amazonicaMarshall (1924)
Cyanocyclas amazonicaSimone (2006), Pereira et al. (2014)

Corbicula surinamica Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 178, pl. 31, figs. 7-9.

Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) surinamicaMarshall (1924)
Cyanocyclas surinamicaSimone (2006), Pereira et al. (2014)

Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) undulata Marshall, 1927
Marshall, 1927. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. (2699): 5, pl. 1, figs. 5-6.

Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) undulataMarshall (1927)
Cyanocyclas undulataSimone (2006)

Corbicula ventricosa Prime, 1870
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 130. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Corbicula convexa Deshayes, 1854)

Neocorbicula convexaMartens (1900)

Corbicula capivaris Simone, 2006
‘Ihering’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 297, fig. 1037. [nomen nudum]

Cyanocyclas capivarisSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Neocorbicula convexaMartens (1900)
Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) convexaMarshall (1924)
Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) obsoletaMarshall (1924)
Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) amazonicaMarshall (1924)
Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) surinamicaMarshall (1924)
Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) undulataMarshall (1927)
Corbicula convexaContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Cyanocyclas obsoletaSimone (2006)
Cyanocyclas obscuraSimone (2006)
Cyanocyclas amazonicaSimone (2006), Pereira et al. (2014)
Cyanocyclas surinamicaSimone (2006), Pereira et al. (2014)
Cyanocyclas undulataSimone (2006)
Cyanocyclas capivarisSimone (2006)

 
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