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

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Publication Prashad (1924): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Prashad, B. 1924. Zoological results of a tour in the Far East. Revision of the Japanese species of the genus Corbicula. Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 4: 522-529.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula atrata Reinhardt = Corbicula japonica
+ Corbicula leana Martens, 1877
+ Corbicula martensii Clessin, 1879
+ Corbicula reiniana Clessin, 1879

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864
+ Corbicula biformis Reinhardt, 1877
+ Corbicula nipponensis Pilsbry, 1907
+ Corbicula nipponensis var. delicatula Pilsbry, 1907

Corbicula leana Prime, 1864
+ Corbicula pexata Reinhardt, 1878
+ Corbicula orthodonta Pilsbry, 1907

Corbicula leana var. sadoensis (Pilsbry, 1901) = Corbicula japonica

Corbicula sandai Reinhardt, 1878
+ Corbicula viola Pilsbry, 1907

Corbicula straminea Reinhardt

Corbicula straminea var. awajiensis (Pilsbry, 1901) = Corbicula straminea

Corbicula transversa von Martens, 1877 = Corbicula japonica
+ Cyrena yokohamanensis Sowerby, 1878
+ Corbicula ovalis Reinhardt, 1878
+ Corbicula doenitziana Clessin, 1879