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Corsicuta Megerle v. Mihlfeld 
Corbicula MEGERLE v. MituuFEe Lp, 1811, Mag. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, V, p. 56+ 
Monotype: Tellina fluminalis O. F. Miller, “die Euphratische Korbmuschel.” 
Dall, 1903, Trans. Wagner Free Inst. Sci. Philadelphia, III, p. 1448. 
Trigonal to oval Cyrenide in which the lateral teeth are long and closely crenu- 
late. Pallial sinus entire. Usually the exterior has concentric sculpture, and the 
interior more or less violaceous color. 
Animal with two short siphons, both provided with papille at their apertures. 
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Map 5. Present-day distribution of the genus Corbicula. 
The dotted line indicates the former distribution of Corbicula fluminalis in Europe. 
The genus Corbicula is at present distributed over the Ethiopian 
Region, Madagascar, southeastern Europe, southern and eastern Asia, 
the Indo-Malayan Region, eastern Australia, and Tasmania (See Map 5). 
During the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene, however, it extended over 
much of central and southern Europe, as far as western Great Britain.” 
1See Prashad, B. 1920. ‘The gross-anatomy of Corbicula fluminalis (Miiller).’ Rec. Indian Mus., 
XVIII, pp. 209-211. 
20. v. Linstow. 1922. ‘Beitrag zur Geschichte und Verbreitung von Corbicula fluminalis.’ Archiv 
f. Molluskenk., LIV, pp. 113-144, Pls. IV-v. 
See also L. Germain. 1922: ‘Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis en Syrie par M. H. 
Gadeau de Kerrville,’ II, pp. 92-109. 
