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

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species Corbicula manilensis (Philippi, 1844): synonymy
     11 specimens

Cyrena manilensis Philippi, 1844
Philippi, 1844. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 1: 162.

Corbicula manilensisPrashad (1929), Burch (1975), Contreras-Arquieta (2000), ITIS (2012), OBIS (2012)
Corbicula (s.s.) manilensisHuber (2015)

Corbicula cumingii Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 228.

Corbicula squalidaPrashad (1929), Djajasasmita (1977)
Corbicula (s.s.) manilensisHuber (2015)

Corbicula squalida Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 342, sp. 116.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 233, sp. 45.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3537, Philippines.

Corbicula squalidaPrashad (1929), Djajasasmita (1977)

Corbicula manillensis Prime, 1860
‘Philippi’ of Authors.
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 271.
Prime, 1863. Cat. Corbicul.: 4.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 133.
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 187.
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 13.
(error for Cyrena manilensis Philippi, 1844)

Corbicula manilensisPrashad (1929)

Corbicula notata Prime, 1861
Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 127.

Corbicula squalidaPrashad (1929)

Corbicula crosseana Prime, 1864
Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 72, fig. 20.

Corbicula squalidaPrashad (1929)

Corbicula sayana Prime, 1864
Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 71, fig. 19.

Corbicula manilensisPrashad (1929)

Corbicula venustula Prime, 1864
Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 73, fig. 21.

Corbicula manilensisPrashad (1929)

Corbicula subtriangularis Bullen, 1901
Bullen, 1901. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 4: 223, pl. 23, fig. 1.

Corbicula manilensisPrashad (1929)

Corbicula venustula Clessin, 1879
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 173, pl. 30, figs. 18-19.
(reference to Corbicula venustula Prime, 1864)

Corbicula squalidaPrashad (1929)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula manilensisPrashad (1929), Burch (1975), Contreras-Arquieta (2000), ITIS (2012), OBIS (2012)
Corbicula squalidaPrashad (1929), Djajasasmita (1977)
Corbicula (s.s.) manilensisHuber (2015)

 
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