Species Corbicula (Corbiculina) australis (Deshayes, 1830)

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• Cyrena australis Deshayes, G.P. 1830. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 2, Part 2 pp. 1-144. [Date published 1 February 1830] [50].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, Nepean River, NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [193].
• Cyclas nepeanensis Lesson, R.P. 1831. Chap. XI. Mollusques, Annelides et Vers. pp. 239-471 in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde Executé par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand Vol. 5. [428].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, Nepean River, NSW.
• Cyrena debilis Gould, A. 1850. The following shells from the United States Exploring Expedition were described by Dr Gould : — in Proceedings for May 18th, 1850. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 292-296 [Nov. 1850] [293].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, Hunter River, NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [193].
• Corbicula angasi Prime, T. 1864. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Corbicula. Journal de Conchyliologie 12: 151-152 [1 Apr. 1864] [151].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MCZ 176917, River Murray, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) DMNH 20859.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Johnson, R.I. 1959. The types of Corbiculidae and Sphaeriidae (Mollusca : Pelecypoda) in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and a bio-graphic sketch of Temple Prime, an early specialist of the group. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 120: 431-479 [443].
• Corbicula rivina Clessin, S. 1877. Die familie der Cycladeen. pp. 57-160 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 9 Tl 3. [139].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, Murray River, SA.
• Corbicula sublaevigata Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [304].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1842.11.14.25, Lochinvar (near Newcastle), NSW.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1842.11.14.26 (1 specimen), Lochinvar (near Newcastle), NSW; BMNH 1842.11.14.30–36 (12 specimens), Lochinvar (near Newcastle), NSW.
• Corbiculina permena Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [194].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100519, Yass, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C11528 (30+ specimens), Yass, NSW.
• Corbiculina subovalina Iredale, T. 1943. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, Part I. Australian Naturalist 11: 85-95 [93] [nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C46404 (40+ specimens), Barwon River, NSW.
• Corbicula ovalina Deshayes, G.P. 1855. Catalogue of the Conchifera or Bivalve Shells in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 217-292 pp. [12 May 1855] [229].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1968509 (3 specimens), Port Essington, NT.
• Corbicula baronialis Prime, T. 1870. Notes on species of the family Corbiculidae, with figures. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History New York 9: 298-301 [300] [probably referable to Corbicula (Corbiculina)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 176936, Moreton Bay (as Port Morton), QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Johnson, R.I. 1959. The types of Corbiculidae and Sphaeriidae (Mollusca : Pelecypoda) in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and a bio-graphic sketch of Temple Prime, an early specialist of the group. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 120: 431-479 [444].
• Corbicula deshayesii Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [303] [probably referable to Corbicula (Corbiculina)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1841.11.24.130–138 (10 specimens), Victoria River, NT.
• Corbicula desolata Tate, R. 1887. Descriptions of some new species of South Australian marine and fresh-water Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 62-75 [67] [probably referable to Corbicula (Corbiculina)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV F30139 (8 valves), Coopers Creek, Innamincka, SA.
• Corbicula faba Bullen, R.A. 1904. Descriptions of new species of non-marine shells from Java, and a new species of Corbicula from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 109-111 [23 June 1904] [110] [probably referable to Corbicula (Corbiculina)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1904.5.13.11–13 (3 specimens), Richmond River, NSW.
• Corbicula minor Prime, T. 1861. Descriptions of new species of Cyrena, Corbicula and Sphaerium. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 13: 125-128 [30 Sept. 1861] [127] [probably referable to Corbicula (Corbiculina)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 176926, Australia (as New Holland).

  Secondary source:

   Johnson, R.I. 1959. The types of Corbiculidae and Sphaeriidae (Mollusca : Pelecypoda) in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and a bio-graphic sketch of Temple Prime, an early specialist of the group. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 120: 431-479 [460].
• Corbicula prolongata Prime, T. 1861. Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 9: 354-356 [1 Oct. 1861] [356] [probably referable to Corbicula (Corbiculina)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 152909, Wide Bay, QLD.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 187470.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [193].
• Corbiculina aramita Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [194] [probably referable to Corbicula (Corbiculina)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C10076 (3 specimens + 1 valve), Barron River (above the Falls), QLD.
• Corbiculina finkeana Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [193] [probably referable to Corbicula (Corbiculina)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C2147, River Finke, NT.
• Corbiculina mussoni Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [194] [probably referable to Corbicula (Corbiculina)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100518, Namoi River, Narrabri, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C109941 (30+ specimens).
• Corbiculina semara Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [194] [probably referable to Corbicula (Corbiculina)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C51813, Burdekin River, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM C51813 (7 specimens).
• Corbicula (Corbiculina) esculenta Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [194].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100520, Armidale, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C109936 (30+ specimens), Armidale, NSW; AM C109937 (60+ specimens), Armidale, NSW; AM C109938 (30+ specimens), Armidale, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [193]
• Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [270]
• Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [182]

Generic Combinations

• Corbicula (Corbiculina) australis (Deshayes, 1830). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [182] (changed combintaion)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Coastal and some inland rivers and streams.

General References

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [182]

Woolford, T. 1984. A fouling bivalve, Corbiculina australis (Deshayes, 1830), in the Renmark irrigation pipelines: its biology and control options for the Renmark Irrigation Trust. Unpub. Hons Thesis. Zoology Dept., Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia. (biology, control options)

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