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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 nitens (Philippi, 1844): synonymy
     4 specimens

Cyrena nitens Philippi, 1844
Philippi, 1844. Z. Malak. 1: 163.
Philippi, 1846. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 2: 76, pl. 1, fig. 4.

Corbicula nitensPrashad (1929), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula muelleriana Prime, 1867
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 59, fig. 3 [as ‘mülleriana’].

Corbicula nitensPrashad (1929), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula borealis Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula nitensPrashad (1929), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula cantatoris Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula nitensPrashad (1929), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula papyracea Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): pl. 6, fig. 35.

Corbicula papyraceaMartens (1905), Bogan (2010)
Corbicula nitensPrashad (1929), He & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula soriniana Heude, 1887
Heude, 1887. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (10): ??.

Corbicula nitensPrashad (1929)
Corbicula sorinianaHe & Zhuang (2013)

Corbicula mulleriana Prime, 1870
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 134.
(error for Corbicula muelleriana Prime, 1867)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula papyraceaMartens (1905), Bogan (2010)
Corbicula nitensPrashad (1929), He & Zhuang (2013)
Corbicula sorinianaHe & Zhuang (2013)

 
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