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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula species Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848): synonymy 7 specimens Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848 Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 8, pl. 1, fig. 8.
Corbicula africana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Morton (1986), Pfenninger et al. (2002), Bogan (2010), OBIS (2012), Bespalaya et al. (2018) Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Pigneur et al. (2014) Corbicula fluminalis — IUCN (2012) | |
Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848 Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 8. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848)
Corbicula pusilla — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Corbicula fluminalis — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Jihad (2023) Corbicula fluminalis africana — Daget (1998) | |
Cyrena africana var. olivacea Krauss, 1848 Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 8. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848)
Corbicula africana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Corbicula fluminalis africana — Daget (1998) | |
Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1867
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 66, fig. 12.
Corbicula kirkii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986) Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998) | |
Corbicula natalensis Clessin, 1877 ‘Krauss’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 155, pl. 27, figs. 19-21.
Corbicula natalensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998) Corbicula fluminalis natalensis — IUCN (2010) | |
Corbicula oliphantensis Craven, 1880 Craven, 1880. unknown publication: 618, pl. 57, fig. 12.
Corbicula oliphantensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986) Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998) | |
Corbicula nyassana Bourguignat, 1889 ‘Parreyss’ E.A. Smith, 1877. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1877: 718. Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 37.
Corbicula radiata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998) | |
Corbicula quinzii Connolly, 1939 Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 621.
Corbicula fluminalis africana — Daget (1998) | |
Corbicula albeda Jihad, 2023 ‘Krauss’ Jihad, 2023. Bull. Iraq Nat. Hist. Mus. 17(4): 599. (error for Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848) | |
Cyrena gauritziana Krauss, 1848 Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 8. [nomen nudum] (intro'd as syn of Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848)
Corbicula africana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) | |
Cyrena (Corbicula) radiata E.A. Smith, 1877 ‘Parreyss’ E.A. Smith, 1877. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1877: 718. (misidentified reference to Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846)
Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998) | |
Corbicula astartina Haas, 1936 Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 42. (misidentified reference to Cyrena astartina Martens, 1860)
Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Corbicula africana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Morton (1986), Pfenninger et al. (2002), Bogan (2010), OBIS (2012), Bespalaya et al. (2018) Corbicula pusilla — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Corbicula kirkii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986) Corbicula natalensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Corbicula oliphantensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986) Corbicula radiata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Corbicula fluminalis africana — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Pigneur et al. (2014) Corbicula fluminalis — Mandahl-Barth (1988), IUCN (2012), Jihad (2023) Corbicula fluminalis natalensis — IUCN (2010)
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