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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!

For each valid genus, the nominal generic synonyms are listed. The taxonomic history (since 1900) at the bottom of the page lists the genera to which all of the currently included species have been classified.

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genus Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811: nominal genera
     92 valid species

Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811, Mag. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin 5: 56.
(renamed Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818)
Type species: Tellina fluminalis Müller, 1774 (monotypy) = Corbicula fluminalis

Cyrena Lamarck, 1818
Lamarck, 1818, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 551’ [2nd page 551].
Type species: Cyrena cor Lamarck, 1818 (sub. desig. by Children, 1823) = Corbicula fluminalis

Venulites Schloth, 1820
Schloth, 1820, Petref.: 200.

Cyrene Schlüter, 1838
Schlüter, 1838, Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 34.
(error for Cyrena Lamarck, 1818)

Cyrnea Deshayes, 1858
Deshayes, 1858, Descr. Anim. s. Vert. Bassin Paris 1: 484.
(error for Cyrena Lamarck, 1818)

Corbulica Chenu, 1862
Chenu, 1862, Manuel Conchyl. 2: 102.
(error for Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811)

Cirene Costa, 1866
Costa, 1866, Atti Acad. Sci. Fis. Nat. Soc. Napoli 3: 27.
(error for Cyrena Lamarck, 1818)

Cirena Sacco, 1887
Sacco, 1887, Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 12: 142.
(error for Cyrena Lamarck, 1818)

Corbiculina Dall, 1903
Dall, 1903, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 16: 6.
Dall, 1903, Trans. Wagner Free Inst. 3(6): 1449.
Type species: Corbicula angasi Prime, 1864 () = Corbicula australis

Cyrenodonax Dall, 1903
Dall, 1903, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 16: 6.
Dall, 1903, Trans. Wagner Free Inst. 3(6): 1450.
Type species: Corbicula (Cyrenodonax) formosana Dall, 1903 () = Corbicula formosana

Corbiculla Dalgliesh, 1907
Dalgliesh, 1907, Jour. Bombay nat. Hist. 17: 956.
(error for Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811)

Gyrena de Gregorio, 1930
de Gregorio, 1930, Ann. Géol. Paléont., livr. 53: 29.
(error for Cyrena Lamarck, 1818)

Posostrea Bogan & Bouchet, 1998
Bogan & Bouchet, 1998, Hydrobiologia 389: 132.
Type species: Posostrea anomioides Bogan & Bouchet, 1998 (monotypy) = Corbicula anomioides

Cernodonax Vinarski & Kantor, 2016
‘Dall’ Vinarski & Kantor, 2016, Analyt. Cat. Fr. Brack. Moll. Russia: 80.
(error for Cyrenodonax Dall, 1903)
Type species: Corbicula (Cyrenodonax) formosana Dall, 1903 () = Corbicula formosana

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

CorbiculaMartens (1900), E.A. Smith (1904), Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905), Martens (1905), ..., FMCS (2021), Breure et al. (2022), Bogatov (2022), Prié et al. (2023)
Corbicula (s.s.)Dall (1903), Thiele (1934), Huber (2015)
Corbicula (s.s. sec. Corbiculina)Dall (1903)
Corbicula (s.s. sec. Cyrenodonax)Dall (1903)
Pallary (1909), Pallary (1924), B.J. Smith (1992), Daget (1998)
Corbicula (Cyrenodonax)Thiele (1934)
Corbicula (Corbiculina)Thiele (1934), B.J. Smith (1992)
PosostreaBogan & Bouchet (1998), Rintelen & Glaubrecht (2005)

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