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Corbulidae

Appolloni, Massimo;Smriglio, Carlo;Amati, Bruno;Lugliè, Lorenzo;Nofroni, Italo;Tringali, Lionello P.;Mariottini, Paolo;Oliverio, Marco

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Corbulidae

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Corbulidae is a family of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Myida.

Species

box clams

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassBivalvia
  4. OrderMyida
  5. FamilyCorbulidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded129,150

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,908
With media
32
Family
Corbulidae
Collections
LACM
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Myoidea
Image
Corbula modesta 002.jpg
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Commons category
Corbulidae
topic's main category
Category:Corbulidae
taxon name
Corbulidae
taxon rank
family
taxon common name
Körbchenmuscheln
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  • Genera and species
  • References

Corbulidae is a family of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Myida.

==Genera and species== Genera and species in the family Corbulidae include: Anisocorbula Iredale, 1930 Apachecorbula Olivera, 2014 Apachecorbula muriatica Olivera, 2014 Caestocorbula Vincent, 1910 Caryocorbula Bruguiere, 1792 Caryocorbula porcella (Dall, 1916) Corbula Bruguiere, 1797 Corbula alabamiensis Lea, 1833 Corbula barrattiana C. B. Adams, 1852 Corbula bicarinata (Sowerby, 1833) Corbula biradiata (Sowerby, 1833) Corbula caribaea Corbula chittyana C. B. Adams, 1852 Corbula contracta Say, 1822 Corbula cubaniana d'Orbigny, 1842 Corbula cymella Dall, 1881 Corbula dietziana C. B. Adams, 1852 Corbula kelseyi Dall, 1916 Corbula krebsiana C. B. Adams, 1852 Corbula luteola Carpenter, 1864 Corbula nasuta Sowerby, 1833 Corbula nuciformis Sowerby, 1833 Corbula porcella Dall, 1916 Corbula sulcata Corbula swiftiana C. B. Adams, 1852 Corbula zelandica Quoy and Gaimard, 1835 Cuneocorbula Cossmann, 1886 Erodona Bosc, 1801 Hexacorbula Olsson, 1932 Juliacorbula Olsson and Harbison, 1953 Juliacorbula cubaniana (d'Orbigny, 1842) Juliacorbula luteola (Carpenter, 1864) Lentidium de Cristofori & Jan, 1832 Panamicorbula Pilsbry, 1932 Potamocorbula Habe, 1955 Potamocorbula amurensis (Schrenck, 1861) Tenuicorbula Olsson, 1932 Varicorbula Grant and Gale, 1931 Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) Varicorbula operculata (Philippi, 1848)

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