Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Cyrenoidea > Family Cyrenidae

Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cyrena*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Children

Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Literature

original description	Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin. 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3.
additional source	Nazneen, S. & Begum, F. (1988). Hydrological studies of Lyari River. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research. 31(1): 26-29.
additional source	Prashad, B. (1925). On a collection of land and freshwater fossil molluscs from the Karewas of Kashmir. Records of the Geological Survey of India. 56(4): 336-361, pl. 29.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238371

Dr. Rafael Araujo. Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c3928c43-7adc-4b45-bbce-e46ec6c05ee4