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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula species Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774): synonymy
63 specimens + 45 Genbank vouchers Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774
Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 206.
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 321, pl. 30, figs. 322-323.
(renamed Cyclas chinensis Lamarck, 1806)
Corbicula fluminea — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905), Prashad (1929), Zhadin (1965), Brandt (1974), Kil (1976), ... Wu et al. (2023), Kropotin et al. (2023), Torres et al. (2024), FMCS (2025), Huang et al. (2025)
Corbicula fulminea [sic] — Oesch (1984)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Huber (2015), Bespalaya et al. (2025)
Corbicula spp. — Prié et al. (2023) | |
Tellina fluviatilis Müller, 1774
Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 206.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Fauna Europaea (2012), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Cyclas chinensis Lamarck, 1806
Lamarck, 1806. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 421 [412].
(new name for Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774)
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 320, pl. 30, figs. 320-321.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 302, figs. 2a-c.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 552’ [2nd page 552].
Corbicula fluminalis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Cyrena orientalis Lamarck, 1818
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 552’ [2nd page 552].
Corbicula fluminea var. orientalis — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminalis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Cyrena woodiana Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 110, pl. 18, fig. 55.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula fulminea Schlüter, 1838
‘Müller’ of Authors.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 34.
Oesch, 1984. Missouri Naiades: 238.
(error for Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774) | |
Corbicula grandis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 344, sp. 125.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 225, sp. 16.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula triangularis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 345, sp. 132.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 234, sp. 47.
Corbicula fluminea — He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula primeana Mørch, 1861
Mørch, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 347.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula chemnitziana Prime, 1864
 Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 60, fig. 5.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula pexata Prime, 1864
 Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 57, fig. 1.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula pfeifferiana Prime, 1867
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(6): 417.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula andersoniana Nevill, 1877
Nevill, 1877. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 46: 41.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula yunnanensis Nevill, 1877
Nevill, 1877. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 46: 40.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula inflata Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 179, pl. 31, figs. 14-15.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula ovata Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 167, pl. 29, figs. 15-16.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula iravadica Blanford, 1880
“Blandford mss.” Hanley & Theobald, 1876. Conch. Indica (8): 62, pl. 140, fig. 8.
Theobald, 1876. Cat. Land Freshw. Shells Brit. Ind.: 45.
Blanford, 1880. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49: 221.
Corbicula iravadica — Prashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Subba Rao (1989), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula crebricostis Westerlund, 1885
Westerlund, 1885. Vega Exped. 4: 218, pl. 6, fig. 32.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula aquilina Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Jihad (2023) | |
Corbicula astronomica Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Jihad (2023) | |
Corbicula aurea Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula bezuariana Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula bicolor Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula bilineata Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
(homonym of Corbicula bilineata Morlet, 1886)
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula cheniana Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Jihad (2023) | |
Corbicula colombeliana Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula concinna Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula conica Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula cordieriana Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula delavayana Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula diminuta Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula ferruginea Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula fluitans Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula foukiensis Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula gravis Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): pl. 4, figs. 20-20a.
Corbicula fluminea var. bocourti — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula grilloana Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula gryphaea Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea var. bocourti — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula ignobilis Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula indigotina Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): pl. 4, fig. 21.
Corbicula fluminea var. indigotina — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula ingloriosa Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula iodina Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula iridina Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula lapicida Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula leleciana Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula montana Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula obtruncata Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula polychromatica Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula porcellanea Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula portentosa Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula praeterita Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula rathousiana Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula scholastica Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula sphaerica Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula squalida Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
(homonym of Corbicula squalida Deshayes, 1855)
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula subquadrata Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula uncinulata Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula vicina Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula fulgida Bullen, 1901
Bullen, 1901. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 4: 224, pl. 22, fig. 2.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula suifuensis var. finitima Lindholm, 1927
Lindholm, 1927. Ann. Mus. St. Pétersbourg 28: 550, pl. 32, figs. 1-2.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929) | |
Corbicula eleciana Mackie, 2007
‘Heude’ Mackie, 2007. OH Biol. Surv. Bull. New Series 15(3): 215.
(error for Corbicula leleciana Heude, 1887) | |
Corbicula schelastica Mackie, 2007
‘Heude’ Mackie, 2007. OH Biol. Surv. Bull. New Series 15(3): 215.
(error for Corbicula scholastica Heude, 1887) | |
Corbicula inflate Bespalaya et al., 2025
‘Clessin’ Bespalaya et al., 2025. Zool. Scripta: Appendix S1, p. 7.
(error for Corbicula inflata Clessin, 1879) | |
Venus fluminalis euphratis Martini & Chemnitz, 1782
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 319, pl. 30, fig. 320. [non-binomial]
Corbicula fluminea — He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Cyrena similis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
 Gray Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 20, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Venus similis Wood, 1828)
Corbicula fluminea — He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Cyrena orientalis Deshayes, 1835
Deshayes, 1835. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 273, var. 2.
(reference to Cyrena orientalis Lamarck, 1818)
Corbicula fluminea — He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Cyrena manilensis Menke, 1841
Menke, 1841. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool.: 163.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena manilensis Philippi, 1844) | |
Cyrena fluviatilis Philippi, 1846
‘Müller’ Philippi, 1846. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 2(3): 77.
(reference to Tellina fluviatilis Müller, 1774)
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula cor Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 221.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena cor Lamarck, 1818)
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929) | |
Corbicula pisum Theobald, 1876
Theobald, 1876. Cat. Land Freshw. Shells Brit. Ind.: 45.
(homonym of Cyrena pisum Bouillet, 1836)
Corbicula iravadica — Prashad (1928) | |
Corbicula adunca Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula gentiliana Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013) | |
Corbicula irawadica Tapparone Canefri, 1889
‘Blanford, mss.’ Tapparone Canefri, 1889. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 27: 355.
(error for Corbicula iravadica Blanford, 1880)
Corbicula iravadica — Prashad (1928) | |
Corbicula irrawaddica Martens, 1899
‘Blanford’ Martens, 1899. Arch. Naturg. 65: 47.
(error for Corbicula iravadica Blanford, 1880) | |
Corbicula sandai Annandale, 1916
Annandale, 1916. Mem. Asia. Soc. Bengal 6: 317, pl. 10, figs. 10-13.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula sandai Reinhardt, 1878)
Corbicula fluminea — Prashad (1929), Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Bespalaya et al. (2025) | |
Corbicula astronomoca Jihad, 2023
‘Heudo’ [sic] Jihad, 2023. Bull. Iraq Nat. Hist. Mus. 17(4): 599.
(error for Corbicula astronomica Heude, 1887) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Corbicula fluminea — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905), Prashad (1929), Zhadin (1965), Brandt (1974), Kil (1976), ... Wu et al. (2023), Kropotin et al. (2023), Torres et al. (2024), FMCS (2025), Huang et al. (2025)
Corbicula fluminea var. orientalis — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminea var. bocourti — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminea var. indigotina — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminalis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula iravadica — Prashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Subba Rao (1989), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula fulminea [sic] — Oesch (1984)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminea — Huber (2015), Bespalaya et al. (2025)
Corbicula spp. — Prié et al. (2023)
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