''Potamocorbula laevis'' is a species of marine

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 ...

in the family Corbulidae. It is an intertidal species that occurs in the Western Pacific in the Philippines, Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. It was originally described in 1843 by Richard Brinsley Hinds (1812–1847) under the protonym of ''Corbula laevis'' from specimens collected at Hong Kong.

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* Lozouet, P. & Plaziat, J.-C., 2008 Mangrove environments and molluscs, Abatan river, Bohol and Panglao islands, central Philippines, p. 1–160, 38 pls * BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD * Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM * Liu, J.Y. uiyu(ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. Corbulidae Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean Molluscs described in 1843 Taxa named by Richard Brinsley Hinds {{Bivalve-stub

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