Corbicula

Corbicula is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams. The genus name is the Neo-Latin diminutive of Latin corbis, a basket, referring to the shape and ribs of the shell.
The genus Corbicula includes numerous extant and fossil species; the status of several of them is unclear (species inquirenda). 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.
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).
Species
Extant species within the genus Corbicula include:
Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848)
Corbicula angulifera E. von Martens, 1897
Corbicula anomioides (Bogan & Bouchet, 1998)
Corbicula astartina (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 Prime, 1864
Corbicula bocourti (Morelet, 1865)
Corbicula cashmiriensis Deshayes, 1855
Corbicula castanea (Morelet, 1865)
Corbicula consularis 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 (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) – Asian clam
Corbicula formosana Dall, 1903
Corbicula gabonensis Preston, 1909
Corbicula gustaviana E. von Martens, 1900
Corbicula iravadica Blanford, 1880
Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864
Corbicula javanica (Mousson, 1849)
Corbicula lamarckiana Prime, 1864
Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)
Corbicula larnaudieri Prime, 1862
Corbicula leana (Prime, 1864)
Corbicula leviuscula Prime, 1864
Corbicula loehensis Kruimel, 1913
Corbicula lutea Morelet, 1862
Corbicula lydigiana 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 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 Sarasin & Sarasin, 1898
Corbicula pulchella (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 (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 E. von Martens, 1897
Corbicula tenuis Clessin, 1887
Corbicula tibetensis Prashad, 1929
Corbicula tobae E. von Martens, 1900
Corbicula towutensis 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. [Ohta, 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.
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.
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.
Cyrenidae
Bivalve genera