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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 africanaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Morton (1986), Pfenninger et al. (2002), Bogan (2010), OBIS (2012), Bespalaya et al. (2018)
Corbicula fluminalis africanaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Pigneur et al. (2014)
Corbicula fluminalisIUCN (2012)

Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848
Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 8.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848)

Corbicula pusillaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula fluminalisMandahl-Barth (1988), Jihad (2023)
Corbicula fluminalis africanaDaget (1998)

Cyrena africana var. olivacea Krauss, 1848
Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 8.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848)

Corbicula africanaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula fluminalis africanaDaget (1998)

Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1867
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 66, fig. 12.

Corbicula kirkiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986)
Corbicula fluminalis africanaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Corbicula natalensis Clessin, 1877
‘Krauss’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 155, pl. 27, figs. 19-21.

Corbicula natalensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula fluminalis africanaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Corbicula fluminalis natalensisIUCN (2010)

Corbicula oliphantensis Craven, 1880
Craven, 1880. unknown publication: 618, pl. 57, fig. 12.

Corbicula oliphantensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986)
Corbicula fluminalis africanaMandahl-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 radiataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula fluminalis africanaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Corbicula quinzii Connolly, 1939
Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 621.

Corbicula fluminalis africanaDaget (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 africanaPilsbry & 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 africanaMandahl-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 africanaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula africanaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Morton (1986), Pfenninger et al. (2002), Bogan (2010), OBIS (2012), Bespalaya et al. (2018)
Corbicula pusillaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula kirkiiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986)
Corbicula natalensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula oliphantensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986)
Corbicula radiataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Corbicula fluminalis africanaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Pigneur et al. (2014)
Corbicula fluminalisMandahl-Barth (1988), IUCN (2012), Jihad (2023)
Corbicula fluminalis natalensisIUCN (2010)

 
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