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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 malaccensis Deshayes, 1854: synonymy
     1 specimen

Corbicula malaccensis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 343, sp. 124.
(renamed Corbicula malaccana Prime, 1867)

Corbicula malaccensisPrashad (1928), Morton (1986)
Corbicula (s.s.) malaccensisHuber (2015)

Corbicula rhomboidea Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 273.
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 66, fig. 11.

Corbicula malaccensisPrashad (1928)

Corbicula malaccana Prime, 1867
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 65, fig. 10.
(new name for Corbicula malaccensis Deshayes, 1854)

Corbicula mallaccana Prime, 1867
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 65, fig. 10.

Corbicula malaccensisPrashad (1928)

Cyrena mallacensis Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 12, fig. 52, pl. 16, fig. 88.
(error for Corbicula malaccensis Deshayes, 1854)

Corbicula malaccensisPrashad (1928)

Corbicula insularis Morelet, 1875
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 361, pl. 16, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula insularis Prime, 1867)

Corbicula malaccensisPrashad (1928)
Corbicula cyreniformisPrashad (1928)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula malaccensisPrashad (1928), Morton (1986)
Corbicula cyreniformisPrashad (1928)
Corbicula (s.s.) malaccensisHuber (2015)

 
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