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

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genus Corbula Bruguière, 1797: synonymy
     6 Recent valid species (6 total species)

Corbula Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 230.
Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 89.

Notocorbula Iredale, 1930
Iredale, 1930. Rec. Austral. Mus. 17(9): 404, 407.
Type species: Notocorbula vicaria Iredale, 1930 = Corbula tunicata

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

CaryocorbulaIredale (1930), Hallen et al. (2013)
CorbulaLasso et al. (2009), Hallen et al. (2013)
SerracorbulaHallen & Willan (2010)
NotocorbulaHallen et al. (2013), Bieler et al. (2014), Combosch et al. (2017)

 
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