| Corbicula | |
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| Corbicula leana | |
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| Shell of Corbicula fluminea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Cyrenoidea |
| Family: | Cyrenidae |
| Genus: | Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 |
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Corbicula is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.[1] 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).[2] The best known is Corbicula fluminea, an invasive species in many areas of the world.
Unusually, some members reproduce via androgenesis, wherein all genes are inherited from the male, one of the very few animals to do so.[3]
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).
- ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238370 on 2015-08-26
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238371 on 2022-05-29
- ^ Pigneur, L.-M.; Hedtke, S. M.; Etoundi, E.; Van Doninck, K. (June 2012). "Androgenesis: a review through the study of the selfish shellfish Corbicula spp". Heredity. 108 (6): 581–591. doi:10.1038/hdy.2012.3. ISSN 1365-2540. PMC 3356815. PMID 22473310.