''Corbicula'' is a

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and

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water clams, aquatic

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

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s in the family

Cyrenidae Cyrenidae is a family of clams in the order Venerida.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 2015-08-2 ...

, the basket clams.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 The genus name is the New Latin diminutive of

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''corbis'', a basket, referring to the shape and ribs of the shell. The genus ''Corbicula'' includes numerous extant and

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species; the status of several of them is unclear (''

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'').MolluscaBase eds. (2022). ''Corbicula'' Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed through:

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at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238371 on 2022-05-29 The best known is ''

Corbicula fluminea ''Corbicula fluminea'' is a species of freshwater clam native to eastern Asia which has become a successful invasive species throughout North America, South America, and Europe. ''Corbicula fluminea'' is commonly known in the west as the Asian cl ...

'', an

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in many areas of the world. Unusually, some members produce via

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, wherein all genes are inherited from the male, one of the very few animals to do so. In many Asian countries, these clams are used as ingredients for soup. In

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, there is popular soup made of these species of clams (usually '' Corbicula japonica,

Corbicula leana ''Corbicula leana'', known as ''chamjaecheop'' (; "true '' jaecheop''") in Korean and as ''mashijimi'' (; "true '' shijimi''") in Japanese, is a species of freshwater and brackish water clams, distributed in the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese ...

'') known as 재첩국 (jaechup-guk).

Species

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species within the genus ''Corbicula'' include: * '' Corbicula africana'' (Krauss, 1848) * '' Corbicula angulifera'' E. von Martens, 1897 * '' Corbicula anomioides'' (Bogan & Bouchet, 1998) * ''

Corbicula astartina ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spe ...

'' (E. von Martens, 1860) * '' Corbicula aurea'' Nesemann & G. Sharma, 2007 * '' Corbicula australis'' (Deshayes, 1830) * '' Corbicula baudoni'' Morlet, 1886 * '' Corbicula bitruncata'' E. von Martens, 1908 * ''

Corbicula blandiana ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' Prime, 1864 * '' Corbicula bocourti'' (Morelet, 1865) * '' Corbicula cashmiriensis'' Deshayes, 1855 * ''

Corbicula castanea ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' (Morelet, 1865) * ''

Corbicula consularis ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' Prime, 1870 * '' Corbicula cyreniformis'' Prime, 1860 * '' Corbicula dautzenbergi'' Prashad, 1928 * '' Corbicula elatior'' E. von Martens, 1905 * '' Corbicula elongata'' Clessin, 1878 * '' Corbicula erosa'' Prime, 1861 * '' Corbicula ferghanensis'' Kursalova & Starobogatov, 1971 * ''

Corbicula fluminalis ''Corbicula fluminalis'' is a species of freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Cyrenidae. This species is distinct from, but often confused with, the rather similar species ''Corbicula fluminea''. Even though both species ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) – Asian clam * '' Corbicula formosana'' Dall, 1903 * ''

Corbicula gabonensis ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' Preston, 1909 * '' Corbicula gustaviana'' E. von Martens, 1900 * '' Corbicula iravadica'' Blanford, 1880 * '' Corbicula japonica'' Prime, 1864
* ''

Corbicula javanica ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' (Mousson, 1849) * '' Corbicula lamarckiana'' Prime, 1864 * '' Corbicula largillierti'' (Philippi, 1844) * '' Corbicula larnaudieri'' Prime, 1862 * ''

'' (Prime, 1864) * '' Corbicula leviuscula'' Prime, 1864 * '' Corbicula loehensis'' Kruimel, 1913 * '' Corbicula lutea'' Morelet, 1862 * ''

Corbicula lydigiana ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' Prime, 1861 * '' Corbicula madagascariensis'' Smith, 1882 * '' Corbicula mahalonensis'' Kruimel, 1913 * '' Corbicula malaccensis'' Deshayes, 1855 * '' Corbicula manilensis'' (Philippi, 1844) * '' Corbicula maroubra'' (Iredale, 1943) * '' Corbicula masapensis'' Kruimel, 1913 * ''

Corbicula matannensis ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898 * '' Corbicula messageri'' Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1901 * '' Corbicula moltkiana'' Prime, 1878 * '' Corbicula moreletiana'' Prime, 1867 * '' Corbicula mortoni'' M. Huber, 2015 * '' Corbicula nitens'' (Philippi, 1844) * '' Corbicula noetlingi'' E. von Martens, 1899 * '' Corbicula ovalina'' Deshayes, 1855 * '' Corbicula poppei'' Thach & F. Huber, 2021 * ''

Corbicula possoensis ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898 * ''

Corbicula pulchella ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' (Mousson, 1849) * '' Corbicula pullata'' (Philippi, 1850) * '' Corbicula rectipatula'' B.-Y. Huang, 1981 * '' Corbicula regia'' Clessin, 1879 * '' Corbicula rivalis'' (Philippi, 1850) * '' Corbicula sandai'' Reinchardt, 1878 * '' Corbicula senegalensis'' Clessin, 1877 * '' Corbicula siamensis'' Prashad, 1928 * ''

Corbicula similis ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' (W. Wood, 1828) * '' Corbicula solida'' Clessin, 1887 * '' Corbicula solidula'' Prime, 1861 * '' Corbicula straminea'' Reinhardt, 1877 * '' Corbicula striatella'' Deshayes, 1855 * '' Corbicula subnitens'' Clessin, 1887 * ''

Corbicula subplanata ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' E. von Martens, 1897 * '' Corbicula tenuis'' Clessin, 1887 * '' Corbicula tibetensis'' Prashad, 1929 * '' Corbicula tobae'' E. von Martens, 1900 * ''

Corbicula towutensis ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' Kruimel, 1913 * '' Corbicula tsadiana'' E. von Martens, 1903 * '' Corbicula virescens'' Brandt, 1974

References

* Bogan, A., Bouchet, P. (1998). Cementation in the freshwater bivalve family Corbiculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): a new genus and species from Lake Poso, Indonesia. Hydrobiologia, 389: 131-139 * Suzuki, K.; Oyama, K. (1943). Überblick über die Corbiculiden Ostasiens (Materialien zur Monographic der Ostasiatischen Corbiculiden 1). Venus. 12(3-4): 138-149. * Ota, Y. hta, Y. (1970). A review of some Cretaceous corbiculids in North America. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, new series. 79: 291-315.

External links

von Mühlfeld J.C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin. 5(1): 38-72, plate 3

Dall, W. H. (1903). Review of the classification of the Cyrenacea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 16: 5-8.

Lindholm W.A. (1933). Eine verschollene Muschel aus Zentralasien. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 65: 264–268

Sandberger, C.L.F. (1870-1875). Die Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien der Vorwelt. C. W. Kreidel, Wiesbaden.
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