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

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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae

genus Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811: species
     6 available nominal genus synonyms (14 total synonyms) | cladomics

Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848)
syonymy (8 available, 12 total) | specimens (7)
Range: Southern Africa, including the upper Congo. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula amurensis Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1994
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Lower Amur River, Russia. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula annandalei Prashad, 1928
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Southern India. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Corbicula annadalei)

Corbicula anomioides (Bogan & Bouchet, 1998)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula arata (Sowerby, 1878)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (3)
Range: Lower Myanmar and Thailand. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula assamensis Prashad, 1928
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Lower Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern

Corbicula astartina (Martens, 1860)
syonymy (5 available, 7 total) | specimens (3)
Range: Upper Congo and Zambezi basins, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula aurea Nesemann & Sharma in Nesemann et al., 2007
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Ganges Basin. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
syonymy (11 available, 13 total) | specimens (14)
Range: Eastern Australia and New Guinea. (Australasia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula baudoni Morlet, 1886
syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (6)
Range: Indochina. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula bensoni Deshayes, 1854
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Gangetic Delta, India and Bangladesh. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern

Corbicula bitruncata Martens, 1908
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Borneo. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula blandiana Prime, 1867
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Mekong Basin in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula bocourti (Morelet, 1865)
syonymy (9 available, 11 total) | specimens (14)
Range: Mekong, Indochina. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula cashmiriensis Deshayes, 1854
syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (5)
Range: Kashmir. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula castanea (Morelet, 1865)
syonymy (1 available, 5 total) | specimens (4)
Range: Indochina. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula celebensis Martens, 1897
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Corbicula colorata Martens, 1905
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Korea. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S

Corbicula consularis Prime, 1870
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Malacca, Malay peninsula. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula cyreniformis Prime, 1860
syonymy (3 available, 5 total) | specimens (4)
Range: Mekong Basin, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula dautzenbergi Prashad, 1928
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Vietnam. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula ducalis Prime, 1860
syonymy (2 available, 5 total) | specimens (8)
Range: Sunda Islands, Indonesia. (East Asia)

Corbicula elatior Martens, 1905
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Primorye, eastern Russia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula elongata Clessin, 1879
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Philippines. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula erosa Prime, 1861
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (3)
Range: Cambodia and Thailand. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula fenouilliana Heude, 1887
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: China and Korea. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI

Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)
syonymy (57 available, 122 total) | specimens (92)
Range: Native to Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Introduced to Europe and South America. (South America, Afrotropics, North Eurasia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)
syonymy (60 available, 69 total) | specimens (61 + 14 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Native to eastern Asia. Widely introduced. (North America, South America, North Eurasia, East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, Cytb, H3, mtGenome, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula formosana Dall, 1903
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Taiwan. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula gubernatoria Prime, 1870
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (4)
Range: Vietnam and Cambodia. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula gustaviana Martens, 1900
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (3)
Range: Thailand and Sumatra. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula heardi Brandt, 1974
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Mae Lao River, Thailand. (East Asia)

Corbicula insularis Prime, 1867
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Taiwan. (East Asia)

Corbicula iravadica Blanford, 1880
syonymy (2 available, 4 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Myanmar and Thailand. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula javanica (Mousson, 1849)
syonymy (5 available, 8 total) | specimens (6)
Range: Malay peninsula, Indonesia and the Philippines. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula krishnaea Ray, 1967
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Krishna River, India. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula lacunae Djajasasmita, 1977
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Described from Java. (East Asia)

Corbicula lamarckiana Prime, 1867
syonymy (4 available, 4 total) | specimens (7)
Range: Southern China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)
syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (20)
Range: Yangtze River, China. Introduced to South America. (South America, East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula larnaudieri Prime, 1862
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (14)
Range: Thailand and Vietnam. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula leana Prime, 1867
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (6 + 9 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Japan. Introduced to the North America. (North America, East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, COII, Cytb, mtGenome, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula leviuscula Prime, 1867
syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Mekong River in Thailand and Vietnam. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula lindholmi Kursalova & Starobogatov, 1971
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Southern Primorye, Russia. (East Asia)

Corbicula linduensis Bollinger, 1914
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI

Corbicula loehensis Kruimel, 1913
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened B1a+2a
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula lutea (Morelet, 1862)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)
Range: China. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula luteola Prashad, 1928
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Vietnam. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula lydigiana Prime, 1861
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula madagascariensis Smith, 1882
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Madagascar. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Endangered A2ce
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula malaccensis Deshayes, 1854
syonymy (4 available, 6 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Malacca, Malay peninsula. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula manilensis (Philippi, 1844)
syonymy (8 available, 10 total) | specimens (11)
Range: Borneo and the Philippines. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula matannensis Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898
syonymy (3 available, 5 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened B1a+2a
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula messageri Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1901
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (4)
Range: Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula moltkiana Prime, 1878
syonymy (7 available, 8 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Malay peninsula and Sumatra, Indonesia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, other
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula moreletiana Prime, 1867
syonymy (6 available, 8 total) | specimens (28)
Range: Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula nevelskoyi Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1994
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Lower Amur Basin, Russia. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula nitens (Philippi, 1844)
syonymy (6 available, 7 total) | specimens (4)
Range: Yangtze River, China, north to Korea. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula noetlingi Martens, 1899
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (4)
Range: Eastern Myanmar and Thailand. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula occidentiformis Brandt, 1974
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Loei and Mekong rivers, Thailand. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula ovalina Deshayes, 1854
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Australia. (Australasia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula peninsularis Prashad, 1928
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Bombay, India. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula pingensis Brandt, 1974
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Maenam Ping River, Thailand. (East Asia)

Corbicula possoensis Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula producta Martens, 1905
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Primorye, Russia and the Korean peninsula. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula pulchella (Mousson, 1849)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Java and other islands, Indonesia. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula pullata (Philippi, 1851)
syonymy (4 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Sumatra and Borneo. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula recurvata (Eydoux, 1838)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Philippines. (East Asia)

Corbicula regia Clessin, 1879
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Malay Peninsula. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula rivalis (Von dem Busch in Philippi, 1851)
syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Sumatra, Java, and other islands, Indonesia. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula sandai Reinhardt, 1878
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (5 + 4 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Lake Biwa, Japan. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, COII, Cytb, mtGenome, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula siamensis Prashad, 1928
syonymy (1 available, 5 total) | specimens (5)
Range: Thailand. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula similis (Gray in Wood, 1828)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Philippines. Borneo? (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: mtGenome
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula sirotskii Bogatov & Starobogatov, 1994
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Lower Amur Basin, Russia. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula solida Clessin, 1887
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Sri Lanka. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula solidula Prime, 1861
syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (20)
Range: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula straminea Reinhardt, 1877
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (5)
Range: Japan. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula striatella Deshayes, 1854
syonymy (17 available, 18 total) | specimens (15)
Range: Widespread from Pakistan, India and Myanmar. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 18S
IUCN Red List: Least Concern, Least Concern (Corbicula regularis)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula subnitens Clessin, 1887
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Sri Lanka. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula subplanata Martens, 1897
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Sulawesi, Indonesia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula subsulcata Clessin, 1879
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Taiwan. (East Asia)

Corbicula sylhetica Preston, 1908
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Bangladesh. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula tenuis Clessin, 1887
syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (5)
Range: Mekong Basin, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula tibetensis Prashad, 1929
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Tibet and Kazakhstan. (North Eurasia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula tobae Martens, 1900
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula tumida Deshayes, 1854
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Sumatra and Borneo. (East Asia)

Corbicula virescens Brandt, 1974
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Chao Phraya and Ping rivers, Thailand. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula vokesi Brandt, 1974
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Mekong Basin, Thailand. (East Asia)

Corbicula finitima Lindholm, 1928 (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Primorye (eastern Russia) and Korea. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1867 (brackish)
syonymy (13 available, 15 total) | specimens (17 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Japan, Sakhalin, the lower Amur (Russia) and the southern Kuril Islands. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, COII, Cytb, mtGenome, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula mortoni Huber, 2015 (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, China. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Corbicula rectipatula B.-Y. Huang, 1981 (fossil)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: China, fossil.
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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