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Publication Bespalaya et al. (2025): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Bespalaya, Y.V., A.V. Kropotin, O.V. Aksenova, M.Yu. Gofarov, A.V. Kondakov et al. 2025. Global molecular taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of the clam genus Corbicula (Bivlavia: Cyrenidae). Zoologica Scripta: 1-28. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula (s.s.) africana (Krauss, 1848) = Corbicula africana

Corbicula (s.s.) anomioides (Bogan & Bouchet, 1999) = Corbicula anomioides

Corbicula (s.s.) australis (Deshayes, 1830) = Corbicula australis

Corbicula (s.s.) blandiana Prime, 1864 = Corbicula blandiana

Corbicula (s.s.) cf. fluminalis = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Cyclas euphratica Lamarck, 1806
+ Cyrena consobrina Cailliaud, 1823
+ Cyrena pusilla Philippi, 1846
+ Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846
+ Corbicula crassula Bellardi, 1854
+ Corbicula inaequilateralis Prime, 1861
+ Corbicula difficilis Prime, 1864
+ Corbicula saulcyi Bourguignat, 1868
+ Corbicula delessertiana Prime, 1870
+ Corbicula zelebori Jickeli, 1874
+ Corbicula saharica Fischer, 1878
+ Corbicula alba Clessin, 1877
+ Corbicula heuglini Clessin, 1877
+ Corbicula jickeli Clessin, 1879
+ Corbicula meridionalis Clessin, 1877
33 more...

Corbicula (s.s.) elatior Martens, 1905 = Corbicula elatior

Corbicula (s.s.) fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774) = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774) = Corbicula fluminea
+ Tellina fluviatilis Müller, 1774
+ Venus fluminalis euphratis Martini & Chemnitz, 1782
+ Cyclas chinensis Lamarck, 1806
+ Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyrena orientalis Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyrena woodiana Lea, 1834
+ Corbicula grandis Deshayes, 1855
+ Corbicula triangularis Deshayes, 1855
+ Corbicula primeana Mørch, 1861
+ Corbicula chemnitziana Prime, 1864
+ Corbicula pexata Prime, 1864
+ Corbicula pfeifferiana Prime, 1867
+ Corbicula andersoniana Nevill, 1877
+ Corbicula yunnanensis Nevill, 1877
+ Corbicula inflata Clessin, 1879
5 more...

Corbicula (s.s.) japonica Prime, 1864 = Corbicula japonica

Corbicula (s.s.) lamarckiana Prime, 1864 = Corbicula lamarckiana

Corbicula (s.s.) largillierti Philippi, 1844 = Corbicula largillierti

Corbicula (s.s.) leana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula leana
+ Corbicula orthodonta Pilsbry, 1907
+ Cyrena arata Sowerby, 1878
+ Corbicula poppei Thach, 2021
+ Corbicula noetlingi Martens, 1899

Corbicula (s.s.) loehensis Kruimel, 1913 = Corbicula loehensis

Corbicula (s.s.) madagascariensis Smith, 1882 = Corbicula madagascariensis

Corbicula (s.s.) matannensis Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1898 = Corbicula matannensis

Corbicula (s.s.) moltkiana Prime, 1878 = Corbicula moltkiana

Corbicula (s.s.) possoensis Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1898 = Corbicula possoensis

Corbicula (s.s.) sandai Reinhardt, 1878 = Corbicula sandai

Corbicula (s.s.) subnitens Clessin, 1887 = Corbicula subnitens

Corbicula (s.s.) tobae Martens, 1900 = Corbicula tobae

Corbicula (Sphaerocorbicula) avana (Theobald, 1874) comb. nov. = Corbicula avana

Corbicula (Sphaerocorbicula) bilini Bespalaya, Kropotin, Kondakov, Konopleva & Bolotov sp. nov. = Corbicula bilini

Corbicula (Sphaerocorbicula) lemroae Bespalaya, Kropotin, Kondakov, Konopleva & Bolotov sp. nov. = Corbicula lemroae