Corbulidae Explained

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)

References

• • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979