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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 cyreniformis Prime, 1860: synonymy
     4 specimens

Corbicula cyreniformis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 321.
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 41, pl. 2, fig. 5.

Corbicula cyreniformisPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Dang et al. (1980), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula (s.s.) cyreniformisHuber (2015)

Corbicula tonkiniana Morlet, 1886
Morlet, 1886. J. de Conch. 34: 268, 292, pl. 14, figs. 5-5a.

Corbicula fluminea var. tonkinianaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula cyreniformisPrashad (1928)

Corbicula jullieniana Clessin, 1887
Clessin, 1887. Malak. Blatt. 9: 73, pl. 3, fig. 1.

Corbicula cyreniformisPrashad (1928)

Corbicula gryphaea Morlet, 1886
Morlet, 1886. J. de Conch. 34: 267.
Morlet, 1889. J. de Conch. 37: 171 [as ‘gryphæa’].
Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 237.
Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904. Mission Pavie 3: 441.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula gryphaea Heude, 1887)

Corbicula fluminea var. bocourtiDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula cyreniformisPrashad (1928)

Corbicula indigotina Morlet, 1889
Morlet, 1889. J. de Conch. 37: 171.
Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 237.
Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904. Mission Pavie 3: 441.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula indigotina Heude, 1887)

Corbicula fluminea var. indigotinaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula cyreniformisPrashad (1928)
Corbicula flumineaHe & Zhuang (2013)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula fluminea var. bocourtiDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminea var. tonkinianaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminea var. indigotinaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula cyreniformisPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Dang et al. (1980), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula flumineaHe & Zhuang (2013)
Corbicula (s.s.) cyreniformisHuber (2015)

 
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