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Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

1291832 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1291832)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Venerida (Order)
  6. Cyrenidae (Family)
  7. Corbicula (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cyrenidae Gray, 1847

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  1. Species Corbicula acutangularis (Deshayes, 1857)
  2. Species Corbicula angustidens (Melleville, 1843)
  3. Species Corbicula antiqua (Ferussac)
  4. Species Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
  5. Species Corbicula bengalensis Deshayes
  6. Species Corbicula consobrina Caillard
  7. Species Corbicula cordata (Morris)
  8. Species Corbicula crassa Deshayes
  9. Species Corbicula crocea Temcharoen, 1971
  10. Species Corbicula cuneiformis (J. Sowerby, 1817)
  11. Species Corbicula cycladiformis (Deshayes, 1825)
  12. Species Corbicula deltoidea Lamarck
  13. Species Corbicula desolata Tate, 1887
  14. Species Corbicula dulwichensis
  15. Species Corbicula elegans Lamarck
  16. Species Corbicula esculenta Iredale, 1943
  17. Species Corbicula exarata (Deshayes, 1824)
  18. Species Corbicula faujasii (Deshayes, 1831)
  19. Species Corbicula ficus
  20. Species Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774)
  21. Species Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)
  22. Species Corbicula fragilis Deshayes
  23. Species Corbicula gallica (Lamarck, 1801)
  24. Species Corbicula gravesi Deshayes
  25. Species Corbicula gravex
  26. Species Corbicula hermonvillensis
  27. Species Corbicula inflata Deshayes
  28. Species Corbicula intermedia Melleville
  29. Species Corbicula japonica Prime
  30. Species Corbicula leana Prime
  31. Species Corbicula manilensis Philippi
  32. Species Corbicula maroubra Iredale, 1943
  33. Species Corbicula ovalina Deshayes, 1855
  34. Species Corbicula ovulina
  35. Species Corbicula papua Lesson
  36. Species Corbicula pingensis Brandt, 1974
  37. Species Corbicula pisami
  38. Species Corbicula planata
  39. Species Corbicula pusilla (Deshayes)
  40. Species Corbicula semistriata (Deshayes)
  41. Species Corbicula solida
  42. Species Corbicula striatina
  43. Species Corbicula subangulata Lamarck
  44. Species Corbicula suborbicularis (d'Orbigny, 1850)
  45. Species Corbicula tellinella Ferussac, 1822
  46. Species Corbicula tellinoides (Ferussac)
  47. Species Corbicula trigona Deshayes
  48. Species Corbicula trigonula Wood
  49. Species Corbicula angasi Prime, 1864 accepted as Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
  50. Species Corbicula baronialis Prime, 1870 accepted as Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
  51. Species Corbicula deshayesii Smith, 1882 accepted as Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
  52. Species Corbicula faba Bullen, 1904 accepted as Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
  53. Species Corbicula minor Prime, 1861 accepted as Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
  54. Species Corbicula prolongata Prime, 1861 accepted as Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
  55. Species Corbicula rivina Clessin, 1877 accepted as Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
  56. Species Corbicula satparaënsis Preston, 1914 accepted as Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
  57. Species Corbicula sublaevigata Smith, 1882 accepted as Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
marine, fresh
recent + fossil
Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, Mag., 5 (1)
page(s): 56 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Available name (validated by ICZN).  
Taxonomic remark Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]
IRMNG (2026). Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1291832 on 2026-08-18
Date
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 11:10:04Z
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original description Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, Mag., 5 (1)
page(s): 56 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Brusca & Brusca, 1990 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

current name source CoL 2006 [details] 

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details] 

habitat flag source as per included species [details] 

original description (of Sphaerocorbicula Bolotov, Bespalaya & Aksenova in Bespalaya et al., 2025) Bespalaya, Y.V.; Kropotin, A.V.; Aksenova, O.V.; Gofarov, M.Y.; Kondakov, A.V.; Konopleva, E.S.; Khrebtova, I.S.; Karabanov, D.P.; Mabrouki, Y.; Palatov, D.M.; Prokin, A.A.; Travina, O.V.; Taybi, A.F.; Izzatulaev, Z.I.; Boymurodov, K.T.; Tahirova, E.N.; Snegovaya, N.Y.; Vikhrev, I.V.; Vinarski, M.V.; Ti Kyi, C.; Chan, N.; Lunn, Z.; Unnikrishnan, S.K.; Pattnaik, S.; Raut, D.; Subba Rao, N.V.; Bolotov, I.N. (2025). Global Molecular Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Clam Genus Corbicula (Bivalvia: Cyrenidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 55: 70022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70022 [details] 

original description (of Cyrnea Deshayes, 1858) Deshayes, G.-P. (1860). Description des animaux sans vertèbres découverts dans le bassin de Paris pour servir de supplément à la description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris comprenant une revue générale de toutes les espèces actuellement connues. Baillière, Paris; 912 pp.
page(s): 484 [details] 

original description (of Cirena Sacco, 1887) Bull. Soc. Malac. Ital., 11
page(s): 142 [details] 

original description (of Corbiculla Dalgliesh, 1907) J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 17
page(s): 956 [details] 

original description (of Cirene Costa, 1866) Atti Acad. Sci. Fis. Mat. Soc. Napoli, 3
page(s): 27 [details] 

original description (of Cyrene Schlüter, 1838) Kurzgef. Verz. Conch.
page(s): 34 [details] 

original description (of Cyrena Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres ... précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. Verdière, Paris. Tome 5, 612 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 551 ; note: (sign. 361). [details] 

original description (of Corbulica Chenu, 1862) Man. Conch., 2
page(s): 102 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Cretaceous to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Cyrena Lamarck, 1818)
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