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Publication Clessin (1879): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Clessin, S. 1879. Die Familie der Cycladeen. [in] H.C. Küster, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 9(3): 161-282. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Batissa atrata Deshayes

Batissa australis Deshayes

Batissa childreni [sic] Gray = Batissa violacea

Batissa compressa Prime

Batissa corbiculoides Deshayes

Batissa elegans Prime = Batissa violacea

Batissa elongata Prime

Batissa fortis Prime

Batissa fuscata Prime

Batissa gigantea Prime

Batissa humerosa Deshayes

Batissa inflata Prime

Batissa insignis Deshayes = Batissa violacea

Batissa jayensis Lea = Batissa violacea
+ Batissa sphaericula Prime, 1862

Batissa keraudreni [sic] Lesson = Batissa violacea

Batissa lenticularis Deshayes

Batissa manilensis n. sp.

Batissa megadesma Deshayes

Batissa minor Prime

Batissa obesa Hindson [sic]

Batissa obtusa n. sp.

Batissa philippinarum Hanley

Batissa ponderosa Prime

Batissa producta Deshayes

Batissa rotundata Lea

Batissa semperi n. sp.

Batissa similis Prime

Batissa solidula Prime = Batissa violacea

Batissa tenebricosa [sic] Hindson [sic] = Batissa violacea
+ Cyrena regulata Gassies, 1858

Batissa triquetra Deshayes

Batissa unioniformis Prime = Batissa violacea

Batissa violacea Lamarck

Corbicula agrensis Kurr. = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula amazonica Anthony

Corbicula ambigua Deshayes

Corbicula ammiralis Prime

Corbicula angasi Prime = Corbicula australis

Corbicula baronialis Prime

Corbicula bensoni Deshayes

Corbicula biformis Reinhardt = Corbicula japonica

Corbicula blandiana Prime

Corbicula bocourti Morelet

Corbicula brasiliana Deshayes = Cyanocyclas brasiliana

Corbicula brunnea Prime
+ Corbicula brunea Prime, 1861

Corbicula cashmirensis [sic] Deshayes = Corbicula cashmiriensis

Corbicula castanea Morelet

Corbicula colonialis Prime = Corbicula ducalis

Corbicula compressa Mousson = Corbicula rivalis

Corbicula consanguinea Prime = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula consularis Prime

Corbicula convexa Deshayes

Corbicula crosseana Prime = Corbicula manilensis

Corbicula cumingii Deshayes = Corbicula manilensis
+ Corbicula squalida Deshayes, 1854
+ Corbicula notata Prime, 1861

Corbicula cyreniformis Prime

Corbicula delessertiana Prime = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula doenitziana n. sp. = Corbicula japonica

Corbicula ducalis Prime

Corbicula elongata n. sp.

Corbicula episcopalis Prime = Corbicula solidula

Corbicula glabra n. sp.

Corbicula gracilis Prime = Corbicula javanica

Corbicula gubernatoria Prime

Corbicula hohenackeri n. sp. = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula imperialis Prime = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula inaequilateralis Prime = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula inflata n. sp. = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula japonica Prime

Corbicula javana n. sp. = Corbicula rivalis

Corbicula jickeli n. sp. = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula pusilla Jickeli, 1874

Corbicula lamarckiana Prime

Corbicula larnaudieri Prime

Corbicula leana Prime

Corbicula linneana Prime = Corbicula lamarckiana

Corbicula manillensis [sic] Philippi = Corbicula manilensis
+ Corbicula manillensis Prime, 1860

Corbicula martensii n. sp. = Corbicula japonica
+ Corbicula leana Martens, 1877
+ Corbicula fuscata var. atrata Reinhardt, 1878

Corbicula maxima Prime

Corbicula minor Prime

Corbicula moreletiana Prime

Corbicula nilotica n. sp. = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula oblonga n. sp.

Corbicula obscura Deshayes

Corbicula obsoleta Deshayes

Corbicula ovalina Deshayes

Corbicula ovalis Prime

Corbicula ovata n. sp. = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula parvula Philippi = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula perplexa Prime = Cyanocyclas limosa

Corbicula pfeifferiana Prime = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula picta n. sp.

Corbicula prolongata Prime

Corbicula pulchella Mousson

Corbicula purpurea Prime = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula radiata Parreiss = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula regia Benson

Corbicula regularis Prime = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula reiniana n. sp. = Corbicula japonica

Corbicula rhomboidea Prime = Corbicula malaccensis

Corbicula rotunda Prime = Cyanocyclas rotunda

Corbicula sandai Rein.

Corbicula sayana Prime = Corbicula manilensis

Corbicula solidula Prime

Corbicula straminea Reinhardt

Corbicula striatella Deshayes
+ Corbicula violacea Prime, 1861

Corbicula subradiata Kurr. = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula subsulcata Dunker

Corbicula sulcata n. sp. = Corbicula javanica

Corbicula sulcatina Deshayes = Corbicula largillierti

Corbicula surinamica n. sp.

Corbicula tenuistriata Prime

Corbicula transversa v. Martens = Corbicula japonica
+ Corbicula ovalis Reinhardt, 1878

Corbicula trigona Deshayes = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula umbonata n. sp.

Corbicula venustula Prime = Corbicula manilensis

Corbicula violacea n. sp.

Corbicula zelebori Jickeli = Corbicula fluminalis

Cyrena affinis Deshayes

Cyrena anomala Deshayes = Polymesoda anomala
+ Cyrena peruviana Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena brunnea Prime

Cyrena californica [sic] Prime
+ Cyrena subquadrata Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena chilina Prime = Polymesoda fontainei

Cyrena colorata Prime

Cyrena compta Deshayes

Cyrena conjuncta Deshayes

Cyrena cumingii Deshayes

Cyrena decipiens Deshayes = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena divaricata Deshayes

Cyrena dura Deshayes = Polymesoda inflata

Cyrena essingtonensis Deshayes

Cyrena eximia Dunker = Geloina bengalensis
+ Cyrena impressa Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena exquisita Prime = Polymesoda boliviana

Cyrena fallax Deshayes = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena flava Prime

Cyrena germana Prime = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena incerta Deshayes

Cyrena inquinata Deshayes

Cyrena isocardioides Deshayes = Polymesoda anomala

Cyrena jukesi Deshayes

Cyrena lauta Deshayes

Cyrena mactriformis [sic] Prime
+ Cyrena mactriformis Prime, 1870
+ Cyrena mactroides Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena maritima C.B. Adams = Polymesoda inflata

Cyrena nitidula Deshayes = Polymesoda mexicana

Cyrena notabilis Deshayes = Polymesoda notabilis

Cyrena obscura Prime

Cyrena pallida Deshayes

Cyrena placida Deshayes

Cyrena pullastra Mörch = Polymesoda notabilis

Cyrena recluzii Prime = Polymesoda inflata
+ Cyrena cordiformis Récluz, 1853

Cyrena similis Deshayes = Corbicula similis

Cyrena sinuosa Deshayes = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena sordida Hanley

Cyrena sublobata Deshayes

Cyrena tennetii [sic] Hanley

Cyrena tribunalis Prime = Polymesoda boliviana

Cyrena tumida Prime = Polymesoda inflata
+ Cyrena (Anomala) angulata Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena ventricosa Deshayes

Velorita cochinensis Hanley = Villorita cyprinoides
+ Cyrena corbiculaeformis Prime, 1860
+ Cyrena corbiculiformis Prime, 1870

Velorita cyprinoides Gray = Villorita cyprinoides

Velorita parvula Prime