WoRMS taxon details

Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

238371  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238371)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Cyrenoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Cyrenidae (Family)
  12. Corbicula (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Corbicula (Corbiculina) Dall, 1903 · alternative representation
Corbicula (Cyrenodonax) Dall, 1903 · alternative representation
Corbiculina Dall, 1903 · unaccepted (unaccepted rank)
Cyclas (Corbicula) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cyrena Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyrene [sic] · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym;...)  
junior subjective synonym; incorrect subsequent spelling
Cyrenea [sic] † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Hendersona Ohta, 1970 † · unaccepted (tentative junior subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Corbicula arnoldi B. L. Clark, 1938
  2. Species Corbicula gabonensis Preston, 1909
  3. Species Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864
  4. Species Corbicula mortoni M. Huber, 2015
  5. Subgenus Corbicula (Batissa) J. E. Gray, 1853 accepted as Batissa J. E. Gray, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    1. Subgenus Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) Blainville, 1818 accepted as Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
      1. Subgenus Corbicula (Velorita) J. E. Gray, 1840 accepted as Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, of Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833)
        1. Species Corbicula (Velorita) satparaensis Preston, 1914 accepted as Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
      2. Species Corbicula adunca Heude, 1880 accepted as Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      3. Species Corbicula aquilina Heude, 1880 accepted as Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      4. Species Corbicula astronomica Heude, 1880 accepted as Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      5. Species Corbicula finitima Lindholm, 1928 accepted as Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      6. Species Corbicula quilonica W. H. Benson, 1860 accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (J. E. Gray, 1825) (junior synonym)
      7. Species Corbicula reiniana Clessin, 1878 accepted as Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864 (junior synonym)
      8. Species Corbicula sadoensis Pilsbry, 1901 accepted as Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864 (a junior synonym)
      9. Species Corbicula satparaensis Preston, 1914 accepted as Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
      10. Subgenus Corbicula (Cyrenobatissa) K. Suzuki & Oyama, 1943 represented as Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
        1. Subgenus Corbicula (Cyrenodonax) Dall, 1903 represented as Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
          1. Species Corbicula cochinensis Preston, 1916 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
          2. Species Corbicula tribeniensis Preston, 1911 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
          marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
          recent + fossil
          feminine
          Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
          page(s): 56 [details] OpenAccess publication
          MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238371 on 2025-07-12
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          2007-03-25 23:01:11Z
          created
          Vanden Berghe, Edward
          2012-07-18 16:14:12Z
          changed
          Gofas, Serge
          2012-07-23 02:45:35Z
          changed
          Bouchet, Philippe
          2016-04-05 16:56:19Z
          changed
          Bouchet, Philippe
          2017-03-24 17:33:46Z
          changed
          Bieler, Rüdiger
          2018-10-26 07:41:01Z
          changed
          Köhler, Frank
          2019-07-08 15:00:00Z
          changed
          Rosenberg, Gary
          2023-03-17 08:53:42Z
          changed
          Vinarski, Maxim

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          Nomenclature

          original description Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
          page(s): 56 [details] OpenAccess publication

          original description (of Cyrena Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
          page(s): 552 [562] [details] 

          original description (of Corbicula (Cyrenodonax) Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Review of the classification of the Cyrenacea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 16: 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3794255
          page(s): 6 [details] 

          original description (of Posostrea Bogan & Bouchet, 1999) Bogan, A. & Bouchet, P. (1999 ["1998"]). Cementation in the freshwater bivalve family Corbiculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): a new genus and species from Lake Poso, Indonesia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 389: 131-139.
          page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

          original description (of Serrilaminula Lindholm, 1933) Lindholm W.A. (1933). Eine verschollene Muschel aus Zentralasien. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 65: 264–268., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_65_0264-0268.pdf
          page(s): 268 [details] 

          original description (of Corbicula (Cyrenobatissa) K. Suzuki & Oyama, 1943) Suzuki, K.; Oyama, K. (1943). Überblick über die Corbiculiden Ostasiens (Materialien zur Monographic der Ostasiatischen Corbiculiden 1). <em>Venus.</em> 12(3-4): 138-149.
          page(s): 142, 147; note: described as a "sectio" in Corbicula (Corbicula) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

          original description (of Corbicula (Corbiculina) Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Review of the classification of the Cyrenacea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 16: 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3794255
          page(s): 6 [details] 

          original description (of Hendersona Ohta, 1970 †) Ota, Y. [Ohta, Y.]. (1970). A review of some Cretaceous corbiculids in North America. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, new series.</em> 79: 291-315.
          page(s): 293 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

          original description (of Cyrena (Loxoptychodon) F. Sandberger, 1872 †) Sandberger, C.L.F. (1870-1875). <i>Die Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien der Vorwelt</i>. C. W. Kreidel, Wiesbaden. [pp. 1-96, pl. 1-12 (1870); pp. 97-160, pl. 13-20 (1871); pp. 161-256, pl. 21-32 (1873); pp. 257-352, pl. 33-36 (1874); pp i-viii, 353-1000 (1875) according to Woodward, 1906]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49567154
          page(s): 163 [details] OpenAccess publication

          Other

          additional source Nazneen, S. & Begum, F. (1988). Hydrological studies of Lyari River. <em>Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research.</em> 31(1): 26-29.
          page(s): 28; note: Unidentified species [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

          additional source Prashad, B. (1925). On a collection of land and freshwater fossil molluscs from the Karewas of Kashmir. <em>Records of the Geological Survey of India.</em> 56(4): 336-361, pl. 29.
          page(s): 359-360, pl. 28, fig. 8; note: An unidentified fossil species [details] 

          		 
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