Corbicula

Corbicula is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.[1] The genus name is the New Latin diminutive of Latin corbis, a basket, referring to the shape and ribs of the shell. In many Asian countries, these clams are used as ingredients for soup. In South Korea, there is popular soup made of these species of clams (usually Corbicula japonica, Corbicula fluminea, Corbicula leana) known as 재첩국 (jaechup-guk).

For the pollen holding structure on the posterior legs of some bees, see Pollen basket.

Corbicula
Corbicula leana
Shell of Corbicula fluminea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Cyrenoidea
Family: Cyrenidae
Genus: Corbicula
Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
Species

See text.

The genus Corbicula includes 16 species described to date. The best known is Corbicula fluminea, an invasive species in many areas of the world.

Species

Species within the genus Corbicula include:[2]

  • Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848)
  • Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
  • Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) – Asian clam
  • Corbicula fluviatilis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • 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
  • Corbicula fenouilliana (Heude, 1887)
  • Corbicula papyracea (Heude, 1880)
  • Corbicula colorata (von Martens, 1905)
  • Corbicula portentosa (Heude, 1880)
Fossil species

References
  1. Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238370 on 2015-08-26
  2. 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. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6395.2003.00150.x
  • (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.
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