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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula

species Corbicula nitens (Philippi, 1844): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (7 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula papyracea — Bogan (2010)
Corbicula nitens — He & Zhuang (2013)
Corbicula soriniana — He & Zhuang (2013)

Range

Yangtze River, China, north to Korea.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

China