MolluscaBase taxon details
Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848)
1289170 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1289170)
accepted
Species
Corbicula africana var. albida (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted
Corbicula fluminalis africana (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted
Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Corbicula nyassana Bourguignat, 1889 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Corbicula oliphantensis Craven, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyrena africana var. olivacea Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Corbicula africana albertiana Mandahl-Barth, 1954 accepted as Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Variety Corbicula africana var. albida (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848)
(of Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 8 [details]
page(s): 8 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289170 on 2025-05-23
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original description
(of Corbicula oliphantensis Craven, 1881) Craven, A.E. (1881). On a collection of land- and freshwater shells from the Transvaal and Orange Free State in South Africa, with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 614–618. Volume date 1880, publication date 1881.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522818
page(s): 618 [details]
original description (of Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Cyrena africana var. olivacea Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Corbicula nyassana Bourguignat, 1889) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1889). Mélanidées du lac Nyassa suivies d'un aperçu comparatif sur la faune malacologique de ce lac avec celle du grand lac Tanganika. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 6: 1-66, pl. 1-2. [± December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36878032
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1864) Prime, T. (1864-1867). Notes on species of the family Corbiculadae, with figures. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 8(3): 57-92 [June 1864]; 8(6): 213-237 [April 1866]; 8: 414-418 [1867]. New York., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022305
page(s): 66-67, text-figure 12 [details]
basis of record Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 619 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 214 [details]
additional source Prime, T. (1864-1867). Notes on species of the family Corbiculadae, with figures. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 8(3): 57-92 [June 1864]; 8(6): 213-237 [April 1866]; 8: 414-418 [1867]. New York., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022305
page(s): 224-225, text-figure 57; note: Attributed to Deshayes [details]
status source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
page(s): 618 [details]
original description (of Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Cyrena africana var. olivacea Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Corbicula nyassana Bourguignat, 1889) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1889). Mélanidées du lac Nyassa suivies d'un aperçu comparatif sur la faune malacologique de ce lac avec celle du grand lac Tanganika. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 6: 1-66, pl. 1-2. [± December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36878032
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1864) Prime, T. (1864-1867). Notes on species of the family Corbiculadae, with figures. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 8(3): 57-92 [June 1864]; 8(6): 213-237 [April 1866]; 8: 414-418 [1867]. New York., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022305
page(s): 66-67, text-figure 12 [details]
basis of record Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 619 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 214 [details]
additional source Prime, T. (1864-1867). Notes on species of the family Corbiculadae, with figures. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 8(3): 57-92 [June 1864]; 8(6): 213-237 [April 1866]; 8: 414-418 [1867]. New York., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022305
page(s): 224-225, text-figure 57; note: Attributed to Deshayes [details]
status source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corbicula africana)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Corbicula fluminalis africana (Krauss, 1848))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848) Uganda, Central, Wakiso District, Lake Victoria, K...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Corbicula kirkii Holotype USNM 122441) (from synonym Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corbicula africana)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Corbicula fluminalis africana (Krauss, 1848))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848) Uganda, Central, Wakiso District, Lake Victoria, K...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Corbicula kirkii Holotype USNM 122441) (from synonym Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1864)
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