Potamocorbula laevis is a species of marine bivalve in the family Corbulidae.[1][2] It is an intertidal species that occurs in the Western Pacific in the Philippines, Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan.[2] It was originally described in 1843 by Richard Brinsley Hinds (1812–1847) under the protonym of Corbula laevis from specimens collected at Hong Kong.[1][3]
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| Shell of Potamocorbula laevis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myida |
| Family: | Corbulidae |
| Genus: | Potamocorbula |
| Species: | P. laevis
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamocorbula laevis (Hinds, 1843
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| Synonyms | |
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Corbula laevis Hinds, 1843 | |
References
edit- ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Potamocorbula laevis (Hinds, 1843)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ a b Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2024). "Potamocorbula laevis" in SeaLifeBase. March 2024 version.
- ^ Hinds, R. B. (1843). "Descriptions of new species of shells collected during the voyage of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., and by H. Cuming, Esq., in his late visit to the Philippine Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 11: 55–59.
Further reading
edit- Lozouet, P. & Plaziat, J.-C., 2008 Mangrove environments and molluscs, Abatan river, Bohol and Panglao islands, central Philippines, p. 1–160, 38 pls
- BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD
- Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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