Corbicula
For the pollen holding structure on the posterior tibiæ of some Apidae (Hymenoptera), see Pollen basket.
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| Corbicula leana | |
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| Shell of Corbicula fluminea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Suborder: | Sphaeriacea |
| Superfamily: | Corbiculoidea |
| Family: | Corbiculidae |
| Genus: | Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 |
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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
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
- 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
- ↑ BioLib.cz: genus Corbicula
Further reading
- 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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