MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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freshwater mussels
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Thu 19 March 2026
Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula fluminalis
nominal species Corbicula purpurea Prime, 1864
Corbicula purpurea Prime, 1864 = Corbicula fluminalis
Prime, 1864. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8(3): 77, fig. 26.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Corbicula purpurea Prime, 1867 — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016: 81.
+ Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774) — He & Zhuang, 2013: 134.
= Corbicula purpurea Prime, 1864 — Kantor et al., 2010: 290.
+ Corbicula fluminalis (Muller, 1774) — Mackie, 2007: 213.
= Corbicula purpurea (Prime) — Morton, 1986: 114.
+ Corbicula fluminalis Deshayes — Prime, 1895: 16.
= Corbicula purpurea Prime — Clessin, 1879: 182, pl. 32, figs. 1-2.
= Corbicula purpurea Prime — Prime, 1870: 135.
= Corbicula purpurea nov. spec. — Prime, 1864: 77, fig. 26.
