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

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species Corbicula astartina (Martens, 1860): synonymy
     3 specimens

Cyrena astartina Martens, 1860
Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 219, pl. 3, figs. 6-7.

Corbicula astartinaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012), OBIS (2012)

Corbicula astartinella Germain, 1906
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 38. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 584.

Corbicula astartinaDaget (1998)

Corbicula giraudi Germain, 1906
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 38. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 584.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3530, Karunga.

Corbicula astartinaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Corbicula astartina var. minor Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 595.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena astartina Martens, 1860; homonym of Corbicula minor Prime, 1861)

Corbicula astartinaDaget (1998)

Corbicula albida rosini Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 41, pl. 3, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848)

Corbicula rosiniMandahl-Barth (1968)
Corbicula astartinaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Corbicula radiata Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: fig. 71d-f “oval form”. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846)

Corbicula astartinaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Corbicula albida albida Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 41, pl. 2, fig. 5.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848)

Corbicula astartinaMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), IUCN (2012)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula astartinaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Morton (1986), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012), OBIS (2012)
Corbicula rosiniMandahl-Barth (1968)

 
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