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

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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula

species Corbicula sandai Reinhardt, 1878: specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula sandai — Hedtke et al. (2008), Yamada et al. (2010), Houki et al. (2011), Komaru et al. (2012), He & Zhuang (2013), Yamada et al. (2014), Mito et al. (2014), Pigneur et al. (2014), Gomes et al. (2016), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Wu et al. (2023)
Corbicula sandei [sic] — Bogan (2010)
Corbicula (s.s.) sandai — Bespalaya et al. (2025)

Range

Lake Biwa, Japan.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Japan

Vietnam

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Japan

IDEA_Shell043. (28S: LC727529, go to Genbank) Japan: Shiga, Biwa lake.

IDEA_Shell190. (28S: LC648600, go to Genbank) Japan:Shiga, Lake Biwa.

IDEA_Shell028. (28S: LC648508, go to Genbank) Japan:Shiga, Takashima city, Harie, Lake Biwa.

IDEA_Shell029. (28S: LC648509, go to Genbank) ditto.