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

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species Corbicula leana Prime, 1864: synonymy
     13 specimens + 21 Genbank vouchers

Corbicula leana Prime, 1864
Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 68, fig. 14.

Corbicula leanaPrashad (1924), Adamkewicz et al. (1997), Siripattrawan et al. (2000), Lee & Ó Foighil (2002), Pfenninger et al. (2002), ... Gomes et al. (2016), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Príe et al. (2021), Wu et al. (2023), Kropotin et al. (2023)
Corbicula fluminea/leanaPigneur et al. (2014)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaHuber (2015)
Corbicula spp.Prié et al. (2023)
Corbicula (s.s.) leanaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Cyrena arata Sowerby, 1878
Theobald, 1876. Cat. Land Freshw. Shells Brit. Ind.: 44. [nomen nudum]
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 17, fig. 93.

Corbicula arataPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Subba Rao (1989), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula (s.s.) leanaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula noetlingi Martens, 1899
Martens, 1899. Arch. Naturg. 65: 47, pl. iv, figs. 7-9 [as ‘nötlingi’].

Corbicula noetlingiAnnandale (1918), Prashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Morton (1986), Subba Rao (1989), IUCN (2012), He & Zhuang (2013)
Corbicula nöetlingiSrinivasa Rao (1928)
Corbicula (s.s.) leanaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula noetlingi var. bakmio Martens, 1899
Martens, 1899. Arch. Naturg. 65: 48, pl. 4, fig. 7 [as ‘Nötlingi var. Bakmio’].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Corbicula noetlingi Martens, 1899)

Corbicula noetlingiHe & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula orthodonta Pilsbry, 1907
Pilsbry, 1907. Annot. Zool. Japon. 6: 156, pl. 7, figs. 1-2.

Corbicula leanaPrashad (1924), He & Zhuang (2013)
Corbicula (s.s.) leanaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula poppei Thach, 2021
Thach & Huber in Thach, 2021. New shells S. Asia & Taiwan, China, Tanzania: 103, figs. 849-852.

Corbicula (s.s.) leanaBespalaya et al. (2025)

Corbicula pexata Reinhardt, 1878
Reinhardt, 1878. Jb. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 5: 193, pl. 5, fig. 6.
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 440.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula pexata Prime, 1864)

Corbicula leanaPrashad (1924), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula regularis Martens, 1899
Martens, 1899. Arch. Naturg. 65: 46.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula regularis Prime, 1860)

Corbicula noetlingiPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula noetlingiAnnandale (1918), Prashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Morton (1986), Subba Rao (1989), IUCN (2012), He & Zhuang (2013)
Corbicula leanaPrashad (1924), Adamkewicz et al. (1997), Siripattrawan et al. (2000), Lee & Ó Foighil (2002), Pfenninger et al. (2002), ... Gomes et al. (2016), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Príe et al. (2021), Wu et al. (2023), Kropotin et al. (2023)
Corbicula arataPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Subba Rao (1989), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula nöetlingiSrinivasa Rao (1928)
Corbicula fluminea/leanaPigneur et al. (2014)
Corbicula (s.s.) flumineaHuber (2015)
Corbicula spp.Prié et al. (2023)
Corbicula (s.s.) leanaBespalaya et al. (2025)

 
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