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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 bocourti (Morelet, 1865): synonymy
     14 specimens

Cyrena (Batissa) primei Morelet, 1862
Morelet, 1862. Rev. Mag. Zool. 14: 480.
(renamed Corbicula primeana Prime, 1867)

Corbicula nitensPrashad (1929)

Cyrena (Corbicula) bocourti Morelet, 1865
Morelet, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 228.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 361, pl. 16, fig. 2.

Corbicula fluminea var. bocourtiDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula bocourtiPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Dang et al. (1980), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula (s.s.) bocourtiHuber (2015)

Corbicula primeana Prime, 1867
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 58, fig. 2.
(homonym of Corbicula primeana Mörch, 1861; new name for Cyrena (Batissa) primei Morelet, 1862)

Corbicula bocourtiPrashad (1928)
Corbicula nitensPrashad (1929)

Corbicula annamitica Wattebled, 1886
Wattebled, 1886. J. de Conch. 34: 69, pl. 5, fig. 3.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3511, Annam: Hué.

Corbicula flumineaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula bocourtiPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974)

Corbicula variegata Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.
(homonym of Cyclas (Cyrena) variegata d’Orbigny, 1835; renamed Corbicula vespertina Fischer, 1891)

Corbicula flumineaPrashad (1929)

Corbicula gravis Fischer, 1891
Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 236.
(homonym of Corbicula gravis Heude, 1887)

Corbicula bocourtiPrashad (1928)

Corbicula bilineata Morlet, 1886
Morlet, 1886. J. de Conch. 34: 267.

Corbicula bocourtiPrashad (1928)

Corbicula sandai Morlet, 1886
Morlet, 1886. J. de Conch. 34: 267.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula sandai Reinhardt, 1878)

Corbicula bocourtiPrashad (1928)

Corbicula variegata Morlet, 1886
Morlet, 1886. J. de Conch. 34: 267.
(homonym of Cyclas (Cyrena) variegata d’Orbigny, 1835)

Corbicula bocourtiPrashad (1928)
Corbicula flumineaHe & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula vespertina Fischer, 1891
Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 240.
(new name for Corbicula variegata Heude, 1887)

Corbicula bocourtiPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974)

Corbicula fluminea var. orientalis Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905
Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905. J. de Conch. 53: 230.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena orientalis Lamarck, 1818)

Corbicula bocourtiPrashad (1928)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula fluminea var. bocourtiDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula flumineaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905), Prashad (1929), He & Zhuang (2013)
Corbicula bocourtiPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Dang et al. (1980), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula nitensPrashad (1929)
Corbicula (s.s.) bocourtiHuber (2015)

 
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