WoRMS taxon details
Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
238371 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238371)
accepted
Genus
Tellina fluminalis O. F. Müller, 1774 accepted as Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774) (type by monotypy)
Corbicula (Corbicula) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · alternative representation
Corbicula (Corbiculina) Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Corbicula (Cyrenobatissa) K. Suzuki & Oyama, 1943 · alternative representation
Corbicula (Cyrenodonax) Dall, 1903 · alternative representation
Corbicula (Loxoptychodon) F. Sandberger, 1872 † · alternative representation
Corbicula (Posostrea) Bogan & Bouchet, 1999 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Corbicula (Sphaerocorbicula) Bolotov, Bespalaya & Aksenova, 2025 · alternative representation
Corbiculina Dall, 1903 · unaccepted (unaccepted rank)
Cyclas (Corbicula) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Cyclas (Cyrena) Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Cyrena Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyrena (Corbicula) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted
Cyrena (Cyrena) Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Cyrena (Loxoptychodon) F. Sandberger, 1872 † · unaccepted
Cyrene [sic] · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym;...)
junior subjective synonym; incorrect subsequent spelling
Cyrene (Corbicula) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted
Cyrenea [sic] † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Cyrenobatissa K. Suzuki & Oyama, 1943 · unaccepted
Hendersona Y. Ohta, 1970 † · unaccepted (tentative junior subjective synonym)
Posostrea Bogan & Bouchet, 1999 · unaccepted
Serrilaminula Lindholm, 1933 · unaccepted
- Species Corbicula arnoldi B. L. Clark, 1938
- Species Corbicula gabonensis Preston, 1909
- Species Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864
- Species Corbicula mortoni M. Huber, 2015
- Species Corbicula cochinensis Preston, 1916 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Corbicula tribeniensis Preston, 1911 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subgenus Corbicula (Batissa) J. E. Gray, 1853 accepted as Batissa J. E. Gray, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) Blainville, 1818 accepted as Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Corbicula (Velorita) J. E. Gray, 1840 accepted as Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, of Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833)
- Species Corbicula (Velorita) satparaensis Preston, 1914 accepted as Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Corbicula adunca Heude, 1880 accepted as Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Corbicula aquilina Heude, 1880 accepted as Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Corbicula astronomica Heude, 1880 accepted as Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Corbicula finitima Lindholm, 1928 accepted as Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Corbicula quilonica W. H. Benson, 1860 accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (J. E. Gray, 1825) (junior synonym)
- Species Corbicula reiniana Clessin, 1878 accepted as Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864 (junior synonym)
- Species Corbicula sadoensis Pilsbry, 1901 accepted as Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864 (a junior synonym)
- Species Corbicula satparaensis Preston, 1914 accepted as Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subgenus Corbicula (Corbicula) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 represented as Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
- Species Corbicula (Corbicula) mortoni M. Huber, 2015 represented as Corbicula mortoni M. Huber, 2015
- Subgenus Corbicula (Cyrenobatissa) K. Suzuki & Oyama, 1943 represented as Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
- Subgenus Corbicula (Cyrenodonax) Dall, 1903 represented as Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. K. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238371 on 2026-06-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. K. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Cyrena Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 552 [562] [details]
original description (of Corbicula (Cyrenodonax) Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Review of the classification of the Cyrenacea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 16: 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3794255
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Corbicula (Corbiculina) Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Review of the classification of the Cyrenacea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 16: 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3794255
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Posostrea Bogan & Bouchet, 1999) Bogan, A. & Bouchet, P. (1999 ["1998"]). Cementation in the freshwater bivalve family Corbiculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): a new genus and species from Lake Poso, Indonesia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 389: 131-139.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Serrilaminula Lindholm, 1933) Lindholm W.A. (1933). Eine verschollene Muschel aus Zentralasien. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 65: 264–268., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_65_0264-0268.pdf
page(s): 268 [details]
original description (of Corbicula (Cyrenobatissa) K. Suzuki & Oyama, 1943) Suzuki, K.; Oyama, K. (1943). Überblick über die Corbiculiden Ostasiens (Materialien zur Monographic der Ostasiatischen Corbiculiden 1). <em>Venus.</em> 12(3-4): 138-149.
page(s): 142, 147; note: described as a "sectio" in Corbicula (Corbicula) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cyrena (Loxoptychodon) F. Sandberger, 1872 †) Sandberger, C.L.F. (1870-1875). <i>Die Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien der Vorwelt</i>. C. W. Kreidel, Wiesbaden. [pp. 1-96, pl. 1-12 (1870); pp. 97-160, pl. 13-20 (1871); pp. 161-256, pl. 21-32 (1872); pp. 257-352, pl. 33-36 (1873); pp i-viii, 353-1000 (1875)]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49567154
page(s): 163 [details]
original description (of Hendersona Y. Ohta, 1970 †) Ota, Y. [Ohta, Y.]. (1970). A review of some Cretaceous corbiculids in North America. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, new series.</em> 79: 291-315.
page(s): 293 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Corbicula (Sphaerocorbicula) Bolotov, Bespalaya & Aksenova, 2025) Bespalaya Yu.V., Kropotin A.V., Aksenova O.V., Gofarov M.Yu., Kondakov A.V., Konopleva E.S., Khrebtova I.S., Karabanov D.P., Mabrouki Y., Palatov D.M., Prokin A.A., Travina O.V., Taybi A.F., Izzatulaev Z.I., Boymurodov K.T., Tahirova E.N., Snegovaya N.Yu., Vikhrev I.V., Vinarski M.V., Ti Kyi C., Chan N., Lunn Z., Unnikrishnan S.K., Pattnaik S., Raut D., Subba Rao N.V., Bolotov I.N. (2025). Global molecular taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the clam genus <i>Corbicula</i> (Bivalvia: Cyrenidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 55(1): 74-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70022 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Cyrena Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 552 [562] [details]
original description (of Corbicula (Cyrenodonax) Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Review of the classification of the Cyrenacea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 16: 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3794255
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Corbicula (Corbiculina) Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Review of the classification of the Cyrenacea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 16: 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3794255
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Posostrea Bogan & Bouchet, 1999) Bogan, A. & Bouchet, P. (1999 ["1998"]). Cementation in the freshwater bivalve family Corbiculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): a new genus and species from Lake Poso, Indonesia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 389: 131-139.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Serrilaminula Lindholm, 1933) Lindholm W.A. (1933). Eine verschollene Muschel aus Zentralasien. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 65: 264–268., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_65_0264-0268.pdf
page(s): 268 [details]
original description (of Corbicula (Cyrenobatissa) K. Suzuki & Oyama, 1943) Suzuki, K.; Oyama, K. (1943). Überblick über die Corbiculiden Ostasiens (Materialien zur Monographic der Ostasiatischen Corbiculiden 1). <em>Venus.</em> 12(3-4): 138-149.
page(s): 142, 147; note: described as a "sectio" in Corbicula (Corbicula) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cyrena (Loxoptychodon) F. Sandberger, 1872 †) Sandberger, C.L.F. (1870-1875). <i>Die Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien der Vorwelt</i>. C. W. Kreidel, Wiesbaden. [pp. 1-96, pl. 1-12 (1870); pp. 97-160, pl. 13-20 (1871); pp. 161-256, pl. 21-32 (1872); pp. 257-352, pl. 33-36 (1873); pp i-viii, 353-1000 (1875)]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49567154
page(s): 163 [details]
original description (of Hendersona Y. Ohta, 1970 †) Ota, Y. [Ohta, Y.]. (1970). A review of some Cretaceous corbiculids in North America. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, new series.</em> 79: 291-315.
page(s): 293 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Corbicula (Sphaerocorbicula) Bolotov, Bespalaya & Aksenova, 2025) Bespalaya Yu.V., Kropotin A.V., Aksenova O.V., Gofarov M.Yu., Kondakov A.V., Konopleva E.S., Khrebtova I.S., Karabanov D.P., Mabrouki Y., Palatov D.M., Prokin A.A., Travina O.V., Taybi A.F., Izzatulaev Z.I., Boymurodov K.T., Tahirova E.N., Snegovaya N.Yu., Vikhrev I.V., Vinarski M.V., Ti Kyi C., Chan N., Lunn Z., Unnikrishnan S.K., Pattnaik S., Raut D., Subba Rao N.V., Bolotov I.N. (2025). Global molecular taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the clam genus <i>Corbicula</i> (Bivalvia: Cyrenidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 55(1): 74-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70022 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Nazneen, S. & Begum, F. (1988). Hydrological studies of Lyari River. <em>Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research.</em> 31(1): 26-29.
page(s): 28; note: Unidentified species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Prashad, B. (1925). On a collection of land and freshwater fossil molluscs from the Karewas of Kashmir. <em>Records of the Geological Survey of India.</em> 56(4): 336-361, pl. 29.
page(s): 359-360, pl. 28, fig. 8; note: An unidentified fossil species [details]
page(s): 28; note: Unidentified species [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Prashad, B. (1925). On a collection of land and freshwater fossil molluscs from the Karewas of Kashmir. <em>Records of the Geological Survey of India.</em> 56(4): 336-361, pl. 29.
page(s): 359-360, pl. 28, fig. 8; note: An unidentified fossil species [details]
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