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

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nominal species Corbicula subtruncata var. aegyptiaca Germain, 1909

Bourguignat, 1889, Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 190 [as ‘Corbicula ægyptiaca’]. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1909, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 15(7): 582, fig. 17b.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Corbicula subtruncatula Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): TYPES MNHN_MP_3498, Egypte / Kyngani.

= Corbicula fluminalis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774) — Jihad, 2023
+ Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774) — He & Zhuang, 2013
+ Corbicula fluminalis consobrina (Cailliaud, 1827) — Daget, 1998
+ Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
= Corbicula aegyptiaca Bogart [sic] — Morton, 1986
= Corbicula subtruncata var. aegyptiaca “Bourguignat” Germain, 1909 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Corbicula ægyptiaca Bourguignat — Pallary, 1924
= Corbicula subtruncata var. ægyptiaca Bgt. (sp.) — Pallary, 1909
= Corbicula ægyptiaca Bourguignat, 1885 — Bourguignat, 1889

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