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

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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula

species Corbicula species __: synonymy
     3 specimens

Corbicula manchurica of Authors, unknown year
A. Adams of Authors.

Cyclas borealis Lamarck, 1806
Lamarck, 1806. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 421.

Cyrena trigonella Lamarck, 1818
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 552’ [2nd page 552].

Corbicula ambigua Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 345, sp. 131.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 223, sp. 8.

Cyrena angusta Deshayes, 1858
Deshayes, 1858. Desc. animaux sans vertèbres, Paris: 508, pl. 37, figs. 9-12.

Corbicula maxima Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 321.

Corbicula ovalis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 31.
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 42, pl. 2, fig. 6.

Corbicula tenuistriata Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 322.
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 40, pl. 2, fig. 3.

Corbicula brunea Prime, 1861
Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 126.
(error for Corbicula brunnea Prime, 1864)

Corbicula minor Prime, 1861
Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 127.
Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 80, fig. 29.

B.J. Smith (1992)

Corbicula prolongata Prime, 1861
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 356.
Prime, 1862. J. de Conch. 10: 389, pl. 14, fig. 6.

B.J. Smith (1992)

Corbicula brunnea Prime, 1864
‘in litt. 1860’ Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 269. [nomen nudum]
Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 67, fig. 13.

B.J. Smith (1992)

Corbicula quilonensis Prime, 1866
‘Benson, 1860’ Prime, 1866. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(6): 224, fig. 56.

Corbicula stimpsoniana Prime, 1866
Prime, 1866. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(6): 222, fig. 54.

Corbicula amiralis Prime, 1870
‘Prime’ of Authors.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 128.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 363.
(error for Corbicula ammiralis Prime, 1870)

Corbicula ammiralis Prime, 1870
Prime, 1870. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 9: 298, fig. 70.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 128 [as ‘amiralis’]. [nomen nudum]

Corbicula baronialis Prime, 1870
Prime, 1870. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 9: 300.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 128. [nomen nudum]

B.J. Smith (1992)

Corbicula crassa Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 133, pl. 24, figs. 5-6.

Corbicula indica Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 143, pl. 25, figs. 21-23.

Corbicula maltzaniana Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 132, pl. 24, figs. 3-4.

Corbicula rostrata Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 142, pl. 25, figs. 5-6.

Corbicula viridis Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 131, pl. 24, figs. 1-2.

Corbicula viridula Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 143, pl. 25, figs. 18-19.

Corbicula glabra Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 192, pl. 39, fig. 3.

Corbicula oblonga Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 267, pl. 46, fig. 18.

Corbicula picta Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 179, pl. 31, figs. 12-13.

Corbicula umbonata Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 161, pl. 28, figs. 13-15.

Corbicula violacea Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 180, pl. 30, figs. 18-19.
(homonym of Corbicula violacea Prime, 1861)

Corbicula deshayesii E.A. Smith, 1882
E.A. Smith, 1882. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 16: 303, pl. 7, figs. 28-29.

B.J. Smith (1992)

Corbicula faba Bullen, 1904
Bullen, 1904. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 6: 110.

B.J. Smith (1992)

Corbiculina esculenta Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 194.

B.J. Smith (1992)

Corbiculina finkeana Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 193.

B.J. Smith (1992)

Corbiculina mussoni Iredale, 1943
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 194.

B.J. Smith (1992)

Corbicula euphratica of Authors, unknown year
Bronn, System. Urwelt. Conch.pl. 4, fig. 10 of Authors.
(misidentified reference to Cyclas euphratica Lamarck, 1806)

Cyclas cyraenopsis of Authors, unknown year
Valenciennes of Authors.
1792, Encyc. Meth., pl. 301, fig. 3 of Authors.

Cyrena panormitana of Authors, unknown year
Bivona of Authors.

Cyclas (Corbicula) hammalis Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 319. [nomen nudum]

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

B.J. Smith (1992)

 
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