Corbula

Corbula is a genus of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Corbulidae, the basket clams.[1]

Corbula
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Present
A live but retracted individual of Corbula modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Myida
Family: Corbulidae
Genus: Corbula
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Species

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Species

Species within the genus Corbula include:[1]

  • Corbula aequivalvis Philippi, 1836
  • Corbula albuginosa Hinds, 1843
  • Corbula amethystina (Olsson, 1961)
  • Corbula arcaeformis Lynge, 1909
  • Corbula barrattiana C. B. Adams, 1852
  • Corbula bicarinata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Corbula biradiata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Corbula cadenati (Nicklès, 1955)
  • Corbula chittyana C. B. Adams, 1852
  • Corbula colimensis Coan, 2002
  • Corbula contracta Say, 1822
  • Corbula crispa Reeve, 1844
  • Corbula cymella Dall, 1881
  • Corbula dautzenbergi Lamy, 1941
  • Corbula densesculpta Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931
  • Corbula dietziana C. B. Adams, 1852
  • Corbula erythraeensis H. Adams, 1871
  • Corbula erythrodon Lamarck, 1818
  • Corbula esmeralda (Olsson, 1961)
  • Corbula fortisulcata E.A. Smith, 1879
  • Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
  • Corbula granum Cosel, 1995
  • Corbula grovesi Coan, 2002
  • Corbula hydropica (Iredale, 1930)
  • Corbula ira Dall, 1908
  • Corbula laticostata Lamy, 1941
  • Corbula limatula Conrad, 1846
  • Corbula lineata Lynge, 1909
  • Corbula luteola Carpenter, 1864
  • Corbula lyrata Sastry & Mamgain, 1971
  • Corbula macgillivrayi E.A. Smith, 1885
  • Corbula marmorata Hinds, 1843
  • Corbula modesta Hinds
  • Corbula monilis Hinds, 1843
  • Corbula moretonensis Lamprell & Healy, 1997
  • Corbula nasuta Sowerby, 1833
  • Corbula niasensis Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931
  • Corbula nipponica (Habe, 1961)
  • Corbula obesa Hinds, 1843
  • Corbula operculata Philippi, 1848
  • Corbula otra Coan, 2002
  • Corbula ovalina Lamarck, 1818
  • Corbula ovulata G.B. Sowerby I, 1833
  • Corbula pallida Reeve, 1843
  • Corbula patagonica d'Orbigny, 1845
  • Corbula persica E.A. Smith, 1906
  • Corbula philippii E.A. Smith, 1885
  • Corbula physoides Deshayes, 1848
  • Corbula porcella Dall, 1916
  • Corbula pulchella Philippi, 1893
  • Corbula rotalis Hinds, 1843
  • Corbula rugifera Smith
  • Corbula scaphoides Hinds, 1843
  • Corbula sinensis Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993
  • Corbula smithiana Brazier, 1880
  • Corbula solidula Hinds, 1843
  • Corbula speciosa Reeve, 1843
  • Corbula stephensoni Lamprell & Healy, 1997
  • Corbula striatissima Lamy, 1941
  • Corbula subquadrata Melvill & Standen, 1907
  • Corbula sulcata Lamarck, 1801
  • Corbula sulcosa
  • Corbula sulculosa H. Adams, 1870
  • Corbula swiftiana C. B. Adams, 1852
  • Corbula taitensis Lamarck, 1818
  • Corbula tenuis G.B. Sowerby I, 1833
  • Corbula tryoni E.A. Smith, 1880
  • Corbula tunicata Reeve, 1843
  • Corbula uruguayensis W. B. Marshall, 1928
  • Corbula venusta Gould, 1861
  • Corbula yokoyamai (Habe, 1949)
  • Corbula zelandica Quoy and Gaimard, 1835

The database ITIS also gives the following species [2]

  • Corbula alabamiensis Lea, 1833
  • Corbula caribaea
  • Corbula cubaniana d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Corbula kelseyi Dall, 1916
  • Corbula krebsiana C. B. Adams, 1852
  • Corbula nuciformis Sowerby, 1833

References
  1. Gofas, S. (2010). Corbula Bruguière, 1797. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137841 on 2010-11-23
  2. Corbula at the Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  • 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. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany. Pp. 901, 1 CD.
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