MolluscaBase - Corbicula pusilla var. ovalis Westerlund, 1894

MolluscaBase name details

Corbicula pusilla var. ovalis Westerlund, 1894

AphiaID

1633115 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1633115)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (a junior homonym of Corbicula ovalis Prime, 1860)

Accepted name

Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Corbicula pusilla (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Original name

Corbicula pusilla var. ovalis Westerlund, 1894

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Westerlund, C. A. (1894). Specilegium Malacologicum. Neue Binnen-Conchylien aus der paläarktischen Region. V. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 26 (9/10): 163-177; 26 (11/12): 190-205. Frankfurt am Main [September/October; November/December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15601574
page(s): 199 [details]

Type data

Note Egypt, Cairo and Alexandria

Type locality Egypt, Cairo and Alexandria [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Corbicula pusilla var. ovalis Westerlund, 1894. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1633115 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-01-29 09:15:43Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description Westerlund, C. A. (1894). Specilegium Malacologicum. Neue Binnen-Conchylien aus der paläarktischen Region. V. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 26 (9/10): 163-177; 26 (11/12): 190-205. Frankfurt am Main [September/October; November/December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15601574
page(s): 199 [details]

From editor or global species database

Type locality Egypt, Cairo and Alexandria [details]