MolluscaBase taxon details
Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
987266 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:987266)
accepted
Species
Corbicula (Corbiculina) australis (Deshayes, 1830) · alternative representation
Corbicula (Corbiculina) desolata Tate, 1887 · alternative representation
Corbicula (Corbiculina) ovalina Deshayes, 1855 · alternative representation
Corbicula angasi Prime, 1864 · unaccepted
Corbicula baronialis Prime, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Corbicula brunea Prime, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Corbicula debilis (A. Gould, 1850) · unaccepted
Corbicula deshayesii E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted
Corbicula desolata Tate, 1887 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Corbicula faba Bullen, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Corbicula minor Prime, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Corbicula oblonga Clessin, 1879 · unaccepted
Corbicula ovalina Deshayes, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Corbicula prolongata Prime, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Corbicula rivina Clessin, 1877 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Corbicula sublaevigata E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Corbiculina angasi (Prime, 1864) · unaccepted
Corbiculina aramita Iredale, 1943 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Corbiculina esculenta Iredale, 1943 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Corbiculina finkeana Iredale, 1943 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Corbiculina mussoni Iredale, 1943 · unaccepted
Corbiculina permena Iredale, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Corbiculina semara Iredale, 1943 · unaccepted
Corbiculina subovalina Iredale, 1943 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Cyclas nepeanensis R. P. Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cyrena australis Deshayes, 1830 · unaccepted
Cyrena debilis A. Gould, 1850 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Cyrena australis Deshayes, 1830) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques</i>. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): 50 [details]
page(s): 50 [details]
Lectotype (of Corbicula oblonga Clessin, 1879) MNB ZMB...
Lectotype (of Corbicula oblonga Clessin, 1879) MNB ZMB 170.064a [details]
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original description
(of Corbicula angasi Prime, 1864) Prime, T. (1864). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de <i>Corbicula</i>. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 12(2): 151-152, pl. 7 fig. 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055364 [details]
original description (of Corbicula ovalina Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 317-371 [pp. 317-320, 8 May 1855; 321-371, 16 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747744
page(s): 343 [details]
original description (of Corbicula desolata Tate, 1887) Tate, R. (1887). Descriptions of some new species of South Australian marine and freshwater Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 9: 62-74, pls. 4, 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26251553
page(s): 67 [details]
original description (of Cyrena australis Deshayes, 1830) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques</i>. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): 50 [details]
original description (of Cyclas nepeanensis R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 428, pl. 13 fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Cyrena debilis A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 293. [details]
original description (of Corbicula rivina Clessin, 1877) Clessin, S. (1874-1879). Die Familie der Cycladeen. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. 1-40, pl. 1-6 (1874), 41-48 (1875), 49-56 (1876), 57-160, pl. 7-30 (1877), 161-200, pl. 31-42 (1878), 201-283, pl. 43-46 (1879). Nürnberg. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34337291
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Corbicula sublaevigata E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). On the freshwater shells of Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society London, Zoology.</em> 16 (92): 255-316., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982496
page(s): 304, pl. 7, figs 30, 31. [details]
original description (of Corbicula baronialis Prime, 1870) Prime, T. (1870). Notes on species of the family Corbiculadae, with figures. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 9 (9): 298-301. New York [March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370731
page(s): 300 [details]
original description (of Corbicula deshayesii E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). On the freshwater shells of Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society London, Zoology.</em> 16 (92): 255-316., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982496
page(s): 303-304, pl. 7, figs 28, 29. [details]
original description (of Corbicula minor Prime, 1861) Prime, T. (1861). Descriptions of new species of <i>Cyrena, Corbicula</i> and <i>Sphaerium</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 125-128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683254
page(s): 127 [details]
original description (of Corbicula faba Bullen, 1904) Bullen, R. A. (1904). Description of new species of non-marineshells from Java, and a new species of Corbicula from New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6: 109-111., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176224
page(s): 110, pl. VI, figs. 10, 11 [details]
original description (of Corbicula prolongata Prime, 1861) Prime, T. (1861). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 9(4): 354-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15608459
page(s): 356 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina permena Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina subovalina Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, Part I. <em>Australian Naturalist.</em> 11: 85-95.
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina aramita Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina finkeana Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina mussoni Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina semara Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina esculenta Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Corbicula oblonga Clessin, 1879) Clessin, S. (1874-1879). Die Familie der Cycladeen. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. 1-40, pl. 1-6 (1874), 41-48 (1875), 49-56 (1876), 57-160, pl. 7-30 (1877), 161-200, pl. 31-42 (1878), 201-283, pl. 43-46 (1879). Nürnberg. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34337291
page(s): 267, pl. 46, fig. 18 [details]
original description (of Corbicula brunea Prime, 1861) Prime, T. (1861). Descriptions of new species of <i>Cyrena, Corbicula</i> and <i>Sphaerium</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 125-128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683254
page(s): 126-127 [details]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
original description (of Corbicula ovalina Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 317-371 [pp. 317-320, 8 May 1855; 321-371, 16 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747744
page(s): 343 [details]
original description (of Corbicula desolata Tate, 1887) Tate, R. (1887). Descriptions of some new species of South Australian marine and freshwater Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 9: 62-74, pls. 4, 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26251553
page(s): 67 [details]
original description (of Cyrena australis Deshayes, 1830) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques</i>. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): 50 [details]
original description (of Cyclas nepeanensis R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 428, pl. 13 fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Cyrena debilis A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 293. [details]
original description (of Corbicula rivina Clessin, 1877) Clessin, S. (1874-1879). Die Familie der Cycladeen. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. 1-40, pl. 1-6 (1874), 41-48 (1875), 49-56 (1876), 57-160, pl. 7-30 (1877), 161-200, pl. 31-42 (1878), 201-283, pl. 43-46 (1879). Nürnberg. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34337291
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Corbicula sublaevigata E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). On the freshwater shells of Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society London, Zoology.</em> 16 (92): 255-316., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982496
page(s): 304, pl. 7, figs 30, 31. [details]
original description (of Corbicula baronialis Prime, 1870) Prime, T. (1870). Notes on species of the family Corbiculadae, with figures. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 9 (9): 298-301. New York [March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370731
page(s): 300 [details]
original description (of Corbicula deshayesii E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). On the freshwater shells of Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society London, Zoology.</em> 16 (92): 255-316., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982496
page(s): 303-304, pl. 7, figs 28, 29. [details]
original description (of Corbicula minor Prime, 1861) Prime, T. (1861). Descriptions of new species of <i>Cyrena, Corbicula</i> and <i>Sphaerium</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 125-128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683254
page(s): 127 [details]
original description (of Corbicula faba Bullen, 1904) Bullen, R. A. (1904). Description of new species of non-marineshells from Java, and a new species of Corbicula from New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6: 109-111., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176224
page(s): 110, pl. VI, figs. 10, 11 [details]
original description (of Corbicula prolongata Prime, 1861) Prime, T. (1861). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 9(4): 354-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15608459
page(s): 356 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina permena Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina subovalina Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, Part I. <em>Australian Naturalist.</em> 11: 85-95.
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina aramita Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina finkeana Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina mussoni Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina semara Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Corbiculina esculenta Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Corbicula oblonga Clessin, 1879) Clessin, S. (1874-1879). Die Familie der Cycladeen. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. 1-40, pl. 1-6 (1874), 41-48 (1875), 49-56 (1876), 57-160, pl. 7-30 (1877), 161-200, pl. 31-42 (1878), 201-283, pl. 43-46 (1879). Nürnberg. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34337291
page(s): 267, pl. 46, fig. 18 [details]
original description (of Corbicula brunea Prime, 1861) Prime, T. (1861). Descriptions of new species of <i>Cyrena, Corbicula</i> and <i>Sphaerium</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 125-128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683254
page(s): 126-127 [details]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Corbicula oblonga Clessin, 1879) MNB ZMB 170.064a [details]
