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species Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864: synonymy

17 specimens + 14 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 68, fig. 15.

Corbicula japonica — Prashad (1924), Morton (1986), Siripattrawan et al. (2000), Pfenninger et al. (2002), Glaubrecht et al. (2003), ... Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Peñarrubia et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Wu et al. (2023), Huang et al. (2025)
Corbicula (s.s.) japonica — Huber (2015), Bespalaya et al. (2025)
Corbicula japonica japonica — Bogatov (2022)

Corbicula transversa Martens, 1877

Martens, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1877: 120.

Corbicula transversa — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula japonica — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula biformis Reinhardt, 1877

Reinhardt, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin: 70.

Corbicula japonica — Prashad (1924), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Cyrena yokohamanensis Sowerby, 1878

Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 12, fig. 55.

Corbicula transversa — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula japonica — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula ovalis Reinhardt, 1878

(homonym of Corbicula ovalis Prime, 1860)
Reinhardt, 1878. Jb. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 5: 192, pl. 5, fig. 5.

Corbicula transversa — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula japonica — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula doenitziana Clessin, 1878

Clessin, 1878. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 197, pl. 39, fig. 4.

Corbicula transversa — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula japonica — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula martensii Clessin, 1878

Clessin, 1878. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 196, pl. 38, figs. 17-18.

Corbicula atrata — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula japonica — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula fuscata var. atrata Reinhardt, 1878

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818)
Reinhardt, 1878. Jb. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 5: 191, pl. 5, fig. 4.

Corbicula atrata — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula japonica — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula reiniana Clessin, 1878

Clessin, 1878. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 196, pl. 39, figs. 8-9.

Corbicula atrata — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula japonica — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula sadoensis Pilsbry, 1901

Pilsbry, 1901. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 53: 406.
Pilsbry, 1907. Annot. Zool. Japon. 6: 158, pl. 7, figs. 15-16.

Corbicula leana var. sadoensis — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula japonica — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula nipponensis Pilsbry, 1907

Pilsbry, 1907. Annot. Zool. Japon. 6: 159, pl. 7 figs. 3-4.

Corbicula japonica — Prashad (1924), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula nipponensis var. delicatula Pilsbry, 1907

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Corbicula nipponensis Pilsbry, 1907)
Pilsbry, 1907. Annot. Zool. Japon. 6: 160.

Corbicula japonica — Prashad (1924), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula fluminalis var. extrema Lindholm, 1929

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Tellina fluminalis Müller, 1774)
Lindholm, 1929. unknown publication: ??.

Corbicula japonica — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov (2022)

Corbicula leana Martens, 1877

(misidentified reference to Corbicula leana Prime, 1864)
Martens, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1877: 119.

Corbicula atrata — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula japonica — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Corbicula bifrons Kantor et al., 2010

(error for Corbicula biformis Reinhardt, 1877)
Kantor et al., 2010. Cat. Contin. Moll. Russia: 289.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Corbicula transversa — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula japonica — Prashad (1924), Morton (1986), Siripattrawan et al. (2000), Pfenninger et al. (2002), Glaubrecht et al. (2003), ... Peñarrubia et al. (2017), Bespalaya et al. (2018), Bogatov (2022), Wu et al. (2023), Huang et al. (2025)
Corbicula leana var. sadoensis — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula atrata — Prashad (1924)
Corbicula (s.s.) japonica — Huber (2015), Bespalaya et al. (2025)
Corbicula japonica japonica — Bogatov (2022)