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Potamocorbula amurensis (Schrenck, 1861)

Taxonomic Serial No.: 81746

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia

Taxonomic Rank: Species

Synonym(s):

Common Name(s): brackish-water corbula [English]

Taxonomic Status:

Current Standing: valid

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Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met

 Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals

 Subkingdom Bilateria

 Infrakingdom Protostomia

 Superphylum Lophozoa

 Phylum Mollusca – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks

 Class Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra

 Subclass Heterodonta Neumayr, 1884

 Order Myoida Goldfuss, 1820

 Superfamily Myoidea Lamarck, 1809

 Family Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818

 Genus Potamocorbula Habe, 1955

 Species Potamocorbula amurensis (Schrenck, 1861) – brackish-water corbula

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Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)

Acquired: 1996 

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Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et 

Publication Date: 1998 

Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canad

Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 

Page(s): 526 

Publisher: American Fisheries Society 

Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA 

ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638

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Reference for: Potamocorbula amurensis

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Geographic Division: East Pacific

North America

Western Atlantic Ocean

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