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Corbicula
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Depth range based on 300 specimens in 9 taxa.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): -99 - 22.5
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): -99 - 22.5
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:901
Specimens with Sequences:818
Specimens with Barcodes:796
Species:87
Species With Barcodes:87
Public Records:357
Public Species:87
Public BINs:14
Corbicula is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Corbiculidae, the basket clams.
The genus name is the New Latin diminutive of Latin corbis, a basket, referring to the shape and ribs of the shell.
The genus Corbicula includes sixteen species described to date. The best known species is Corbicula fluminea, an invasive species in many areas of the world.
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Corbicula include:[1]
- Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848)
- Corbicula australis
- Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller,1774) - Asian clam
- Corbicula fluviatilis
- Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864 [1]
- Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)
- Corbicula leana (Prime, 1864)
- Corbicula linduensis Bollinger, 1914
- Corbicula loehensis Kruimel, 1913
- Corbicula madagascariensis Smith, 1882
- Corbicula matannensis Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898
- Corbicula moltkiana Prime, 1878
- Corbicula occidentalis Meek & Hayden, 1878
- Corbicula possoensis Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898
- Corbicula sandai Reinchardt, 1878
References[edit]
- ^ BioLib.cz: genus Corbicula
Further reading[edit]
- Alexei V. Korniushin, Matthias Glaubrecht (2003) Novel reproductive modes in freshwater clams: brooding and larval morphology in Southeast Asian taxa of Corbicula (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) Acta Zoologica 84 (4), 293–315. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1463-6395.2003.00150.x
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