Corbicula

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

See text.

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).

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

Unusually, some members produce via androgenesis, wherein all genes are inherited from the male, one of the very few animals to do so.[2]

Species[]

Species within the genus Corbicula include:[3]

  • (Krauss, 1848)
  • (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[1]
  • Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)
  • Corbicula leana (Prime, 1864)
  • Bollinger, 1914
  • Kruimel, 1913
  • Smith, 1882
  • Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898
  • Prime, 1878
  • Meek & Hayden, 1878
  • Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898
  • Reinchardt, 1878
  • (Heude, 1887)
  • (Heude, 1880)
  • (von Martens, 1905)
  • (Heude, 1880)
Fossil species
  • †Corbicula elegans (Lamarck, 1806)

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. ^ Pigneur, L.-M.; Hedtke, S. M.; Etoundi, E.; Van Doninck, K. (June 2012). "Androgenesis: a review through the study of the selfish shellfish Corbicula spp". Heredity. 108 (6): 581–591. doi:10.1038/hdy.2012.3. ISSN 1365-2540. PMC 3356815. PMID 22473310.
  3. ^ 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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