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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 japonica Prime, 1867: synonymy
     17 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1867
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 68, fig. 15.

Corbicula japonicaPrashad (1924), Morton (1986), Siripattrawan et al. (2000), Pfenninger et al. (2002), Glaubrecht et al. (2003), ... Gomes et al. (2016), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Peñarrubia et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Wu et al. (2023)
Corbicula (s.s.) japonicaHuber (2015)
Corbicula japonica japonicaBogatov (2022)

Corbicula biformis Reinhardt, 1877
Reinhardt, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin: 70.

Corbicula japonicaPrashad (1924), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula transversa Martens, 1877
Martens, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1877: 120.

Corbicula transversaPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula ovalis Reinhardt, 1878
Reinhardt, 1878. Jb. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 5: 192, pl. 5, fig. 5.
(homonym of Corbicula ovalis Prime, 1860)

Corbicula transversaPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula fuscata var. atrata Reinhardt, 1878
Reinhardt, 1878. Jb. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 5: 191, pl. 5, fig. 4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818)

Corbicula atrataPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyrena yokohamanensis Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 12, fig. 55.

Corbicula transversaPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula doenitziana Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 197, pl. 39, fig. 4.

Corbicula transversaPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula martensii Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 196, pl. 38, figs. 17-18.

Corbicula atrataPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula reiniana Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 196, pl. 39, figs. 8-9.

Corbicula atrataPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula sadoensis Pilsbry, 1901
Pilsbry, 1901. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 53: 406.
Pilsbry, 1907. Annot. Zool. Japon. 6: 158, pl. 7, figs. 15-16.

Corbicula leana var. sadoensisPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula nipponensis Pilsbry, 1907
Pilsbry, 1907. Annot. Zool. Japon. 6: 159, pl. 7 figs. 3-4.

Corbicula japonicaPrashad (1924), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula nipponensis var. delicatula Pilsbry, 1907
Pilsbry, 1907. Annot. Zool. Japon. 6: 160.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Corbicula nipponensis Pilsbry, 1907)

Corbicula japonicaPrashad (1924), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula fluminalis var. extrema Lindholm, 1929
Lindholm, 1929. unknown publication: ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Tellina fluminalis Müller, 1774)

Corbicula japonicaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov (2022)

Corbicula leana Martens, 1877
Martens, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1877: 119.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula leana Prime, 1867)

Corbicula atrataPrashad (1924)
Corbicula japonicaVinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula bifrons Kantor et al., 2010
Kantor et al., 2010. Cat. Contin. Moll. Russia: 289.
(error for Corbicula biformis Reinhardt, 1877)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula japonicaPrashad (1924), Morton (1986), Siripattrawan et al. (2000), Pfenninger et al. (2002), Glaubrecht et al. (2003), ... Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Peñarrubia et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Bogatov (2022), Wu et al. (2023)
Corbicula atrataPrashad (1924)
Corbicula transversaPrashad (1924)
Corbicula leana var. sadoensisPrashad (1924)
Corbicula (s.s.) japonicaHuber (2015)
Corbicula japonica japonicaBogatov (2022)

 
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