Potamocorbula

Potamocorbula
Potamocorbula laevis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Myida
Superfamily:	Myoidea
Family:	Corbulidae
Genus:	Potamocorbula Habe, 1955
Species
See text.

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

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:

• Potamocorbula adamsi (Tryon, 1869)
• Potamocorbula adusta (Reeve, 1844)
• Potamocorbula amurensis (Schrenck, 1861)
• Potamocorbula fasciata (Reeve, 1843)
• Potamocorbula laevis (Hinds, 1843)
• Potamocorbula nimbosa (Hanley, 1843)
• Potamocorbula rubromuscula Zhuang & Cai, 1983

Synonyms

• Potamocorbula abbreviata (Preston, 1907): synonym of Indosphenia abbreviata (Preston, 1907)
• Potamocorbula chilkaensis (Preston, 1911): synonym of Indosphenia abbreviata chilkaensis (Preston, 1911)

References

• Habe, T. (1955). Fauna of Akkeshi Bay. 21. Pelecypoda and Scaphopoda. Publications from the Akkeshi Marine Biological Station 4: 1-31, pls 1–7.

External links

• Hallan, A.; Colgan, D. J.; Anderson, L. C.; García, A.; Chivas, A. R. (2013). A single origin for the limnetic-euryhaline taxa in the Corbulidae (Bivalvia). Zoologica Scripta. 42(3): 278-287