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Publication Clessin (1877): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Clessin, S. 1877. Die Familie der Cycladeen. [in] H.C. Küster, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 9(3): 41-160. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula africana Krauss
+ Cyrena gauritziana Krauss, 1848

Corbicula alba n. sp. = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula albida Krauss = Corbicula africana

Corbicula australis Deshayes

Corbicula bengalica Prime = Corbicula striatella
+ Corbicula bengalensis Deshayes, 1855

Corbicula chemnitziana Prime = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula consobrina Cailliaud = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula fluminalis Jickeli, 1874

Corbicula cor Lamarck = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula cor Deshayes, 1855

Corbicula cor Lamarck = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula crassa n. sp.

Corbicula crassula Mousson = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula cuneata Jonas = Cyanocyclas cuneata
+ Corbicula incrassata Deshayes, 1855

Corbicula difficilis Prime = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula erosa Prime

Corbicula fluminea Müller
+ Cyclas chinensis Lamarck, 1806
+ Corbicula fluminea Philippi, 1846

Corbicula fluminea Müller = Corbicula javanica

Corbicula fluviatilis Müller = Corbicula fluminea
+ Cyrena fluviatilis Philippi, 1846
+ Cyrena manilensis Menke, 1841

Corbicula heuglini n. sp. = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula indica n. sp.

Corbicula insularis Prime

Corbicula kirkii Prime = Corbicula africana

Corbicula largillierti Philippi

Corbicula leviuscula Prime

Corbicula limosa Maton = Cyanocyclas limosa
+ Cyclas (Cyrena) variegata d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Corbicula semisulcata Deshayes, 1855

Corbicula lutea Morelet

Corbicula lydigiana Prime

Corbicula malaccana Deshayes = Corbicula malaccensis
+ Corbicula malaccensis Deshayes, 1855

Corbicula maltzaniana n. sp.

Corbicula mediocris Prime = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula meridionalis n. sp. = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula mülleriana Prime = Corbicula nitens

Corbicula natalensis Krauss = Corbicula africana

Corbicula nitens Philippi

Corbicula occidens Benson = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula orientalis Lamarck = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula orientalis var. javanica Mousson = Corbicula javanica
+ Corbicula moussoni Deshayes, 1855

Corbicula paranensis d’Orbigny = Cyanocyclas paranacensis

Corbicula pexata Prime = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula pisidiiformis Prime = Corbicula lydigiana

Corbicula primeana Morelet = Corbicula bocourti

Corbicula quilonensis Benson

Corbicula rivalis v. d. Busch

Corbicula rivina n. sp. = Corbicula australis

Corbicula rostrata n. sp.

Corbicula senegalensis n. sp. = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula stimpsoniana Prime

Corbicula triangularis Deshayes = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula tumida Deshayes

Corbicula viridis n. sp.

Corbicula viridula n. sp.

Corbicula vulgaris Prime = Corbicula largillierti

Corbicula woodiana Lea = Corbicula fluminea
+ Cyrena similis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
+ Corbicula grandis Deshayes, 1855

Cyrena acuta Prime = Polymesoda neubaueri

Cyrena alabamensis n. sp. = Polymesoda caroliniana

Cyrena arctata Deshayes = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck = Geloina bengalensis
+ Cyrena turgida Lea, 1834

Cyrena bengalensis var. umbonata = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena bernardiana Prime = Geloina expansa

Cyrena boliviana Philippi = Polymesoda tribunalis

Cyrena buschii Philippi

Cyrena carolinensis [sic] Lamarck = Polymesoda caroliniana
+ Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801

Cyrena ceylanica [sic] Lamarck = Geloina bengalensis
+ Venus ceylonica Martini & Chemnitz, 1782
+ Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791
+ Cyrena zeylanica Mousson, 1849

Cyrena ceylanica [sic] Lamarck = Geloina coaxans

Cyrena cypriniformis [sic] Prime = Geloina oviformis

Cyrena cyprinoides Quoy = Geloina coaxans

Cyrena expansa Mousson = Geloina expansa

Cyrena fontaneii [sic] d’Orbigny = Polymesoda fontainei

Cyrena fortis Prime = Polymesoda fortis

Cyrena insignis Deshayes = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena laevis Prime = Geloina nitida

Cyrena meridionalis Prime = Polymesoda meridionalis

Cyrena mexicana Sow. = Polymesoda mexicana
+ Cyrena fragilis Sowerby, 1878
+ Cyrena aequilateralis Deshayes, 1855
+ Cyrena varians Carpenter, 1857

Cyrena mörchiana Prime

Cyrena nitida Deshayes = Geloina nitida

Cyrena olivacea Carpenter = Polymesoda mexicana
+ Cyrena fontainei Philippi, 1851

Cyrena ordinaria Prime = Polymesoda ordinaria

Cyrena oviformis Deshayes = Geloina oviformis

Cyrena papua Lesson = Geloina coaxans

Cyrena placens Hanley = Polymesoda placens

Cyrena ponderosa Prime

Cyrena proxima Prime = Geloina expansa

Cyrena radiata Hanley = Polymesoda radiata

Cyrena regalis Prime = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena regularis Prime = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena rugulosa Mousson = Geloina oviformis

Cyrena siamica Prime = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena solida Philippi = Polymesoda fortis
+ Cyrena nicaraguana Prime, 1870

Cyrena sphaerica Prime

Cyrena suborbicularis v. dem Busch

Cyrena sumatrensis Sow. = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena triangula v. d. Busch = Polymesoda triangula
+ Cyrena altilis Gould, 1852
+ Cyrena varians Carpenter, 1857

Cyrena triangula v. d. Busch = Polymesoda mexicana

Cyrena triangularis Metc.

Pisidium acuminatum Clessin

Pisidium cedrorum Clessin = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium colbeaui Clessin

Pisidium obliquatum Clessin = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium obtusatum Clessin

Pisidium pileus Clessin

Pisidium sphaeriiforme Clessin

Pisidium tumidum Colbeau

Pisidium turanicum Clessin = Euglesa subtruncata