The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula africana

nominal species Corbicula nyassana Bourguignat, 1889

‘Parreyss’ E.A. Smith, 1877, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1877: 718.
Bourguignat, 1889, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 37.

= Corbicula africana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Corbicula fluminalis africana (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998
+ Corbicula fluminalis africana (Krauss, 1848) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Corbicula radiata (‘Parreyss’ Philippi, 1846) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Corbicula nyassana Bourg., 1888 — Bourguignat, 1889

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