Potamocorbula amurensis, Brackish-water corbula

Potamocorbula amurensis   (Schrenck, 1861)

Brackish-water corbula

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Myida | Corbulidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; brackish.  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean: China, Japan and Korea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 2.5 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3161)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits both intertidal and subtidal mud and sand. Salinities of 1 to 33 parts per mile and temperatures of 1 to 28 °C (Ref. 3166).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Cohen, A.N. and J.T. Carlton 1995 Biological study. Nonindigenous aquatic species in a United States estuary: A case study of the Biological invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Report for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Sea Grant Program, Conneticut Sea Grant Publication PB96-166525, Washington, DC. (Ref. 3166)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3 - 16.1, mean 5 (based on 383 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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