MolluscaBase taxon details
Corbula speciosa Reeve, 1843
505878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505878)
accepted
Species
Corbula radiata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Corbula radiata Deshayes, 1824;...)
of Corbula radiata Deshayes, 1824; Corbula speciosa Reeve, 1843 and Corbula sowerbii Nyst, 1846 are replacement names
Corbula sowerbii Nyst, 1846 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Corbula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 2, pl. 1-15 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl 1, August 1843; pl. 2, September, 1843; pl. 3, january 1844; pl 4, April 1844; pl. 5, May 1844]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937036
page(s): pl. 1, species 6; note: August [details]
page(s): pl. 1, species 6; note: August [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Corbula speciosa Reeve, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505878 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Corbula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 2, pl. 1-15 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl 1, August 1843; pl. 2, September, 1843; pl. 3, january 1844; pl 4, April 1844; pl. 5, May 1844]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937036
page(s): pl. 1, species 6; note: August [details]
original description (of Corbula radiata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Corbula sowerbii Nyst, 1846) Nyst, P.-H. J. (1845). Description des coquilles et des polypiers fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la Belgique. <em>Mémoires Couronnés et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers, publiés par l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 17: 1-697, pls 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2668665
page(s): Errata: 1 (only in book edition, 1846) [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new species of shells collected during the voyage of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., and by H. Cuming, Esq., in his late visit to the Philippine Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 55-59. [published November 1843]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680033
page(s): 57; note: November [details]
additional source Arruda, E. P. (2020). Taxonomic revision of the recent marine Corbulidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from Brazil. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4851(1): 1-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4851.1.1
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
[request]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): pl. 1, species 6; note: August [details]
original description (of Corbula radiata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Corbula sowerbii Nyst, 1846) Nyst, P.-H. J. (1845). Description des coquilles et des polypiers fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la Belgique. <em>Mémoires Couronnés et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers, publiés par l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 17: 1-697, pls 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2668665
page(s): Errata: 1 (only in book edition, 1846) [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new species of shells collected during the voyage of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., and by H. Cuming, Esq., in his late visit to the Philippine Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 55-59. [published November 1843]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680033
page(s): 57; note: November [details]
additional source Arruda, E. P. (2020). Taxonomic revision of the recent marine Corbulidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from Brazil. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4851(1): 1-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4851.1.1
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Malacopics (Corbula speciosa Reeve, 1843 Panama, Chiriqui, Golfo de Chiriqui, Canal de Afuera Island, sandy bottom, by dredging, at 36 m depth, collected July 1989, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Corbula speciosa Reeve, 1843 Panama, Chiriqui, Golfo de Chiriqui, Canal de Afuera Island, sandy bottom, by dredging, at 36 m depth, collected July 1989, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
