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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 moreletiana Prime, 1867: synonymy
     28 specimens

Corbicula moreletiana Prime, 1867
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 416.

Corbicula fluminea var. moreletianaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula moreletianaPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Dang et al. (1980), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula (s.s.) moreletianaHuber (2015)

Corbicula petiti Morlet, 1886
Morlet, 1886. J. de Conch. 34: 268, 294.

Corbicula fluminea var. petitiDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula moreletianaPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974)
Corbicula petitiMorton (1986)

Corbicula flava Clessin, 1887
Clessin, 1887. Malak. Blatt. 9: 68, pl. 2, fig. 2.

Corbicula moreletianaPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974)
Corbicula flavaHe & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula petiti Clessin, 1887
Clessin, 1887. Malak. Blatt. 9: 71, pl. 2, fig. 6.
(reference to Corbicula petiti Morlet, 1886)

Corbicula moreletianaBrandt (1974)

Corbicula tongkingensis Clessin, 1887
Clessin, 1887. Malak. Blatt. 9: 67, pl. 2, fig. 1.

Corbicula moreletianaBrandt (1974)

Corbicula tonkingensis Clessin, 1887
Clessin, 1887. Malak. Blatt. 9: 67.
(renamed Corbicula trajecta Fischer, 1891)

Corbicula moreletianaPrashad (1928)

Corbicula trajecta Fischer, 1891
Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 240.
(new name for Corbicula tonkingensis Clessin, 1887)

Corbicula moreletianaPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974)

Corbicula erosa Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 6, figs. 46a, b.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula erosa Prime, 1861)

Corbicula fluminea var. moreletianaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula moreletianaPrashad (1928)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula fluminea var. moreletianaDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula fluminea var. petitiDautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Corbicula moreletianaPrashad (1928), Brandt (1974), Dang et al. (1980), IUCN (2012)
Corbicula petitiMorton (1986)
Corbicula flavaHe & Zhuang (2013)
Corbicula (s.s.) moreletianaHuber (2015)

 
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