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Family: Corbulidae (See list of species below)

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50 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Anticorbula sinuosa []	No picture found Caryocorbula caribaea []	No picture found Caryocorbula chittyana []
No picture found Caryocorbula contracta []	No picture found Caryocorbula cymella []	No picture found Caryocorbula dietziana []
No picture found Caryocorbula tarasconii []	No picture found Corbula bicarinata []	No picture found Corbula biradiata []
No picture found Corbula caribaea []	No picture found Corbula contracta [Contracted Corbula]	No picture found Corbula crassa []
No picture found Corbula densesculpta []	No picture found Corbula erythraeensis []	No picture found Corbula erythrodon []
No picture found Corbula fortisulcata []	No picture found Corbula lineata []	No picture found Corbula lyoni []
No picture found Corbula macgillivrayi []	No picture found Corbula mirabilis []	No picture found Corbula modesta []
No picture found Corbula nasuta []	No picture found Corbula pallida []	No picture found Corbula patagonica []
No picture found Corbula physoides []	No picture found Corbula scaphoides []	No picture found Corbula sinensis []
No picture found Corbula solidula []	No picture found Corbula subquadrata []	No picture found Corbula sulculosa []
No picture found Corbula taheitensis []	No picture found Corbula taitensis []	No picture found Corbula tryoni []
No picture found Corbula tunicata []	No picture found Corbula venusta []	No picture found Corbula zelandica []
No picture found Erodona mactroides []	No picture found Juliacorbula aequivalvis []	No picture found Lentidium mediterraneum []
No picture found Potamocorbula amurensis [Brackish-water corbula]	No picture found Potamocorbula fasciata []	No picture found Potamocorbula laevis []
No picture found Potamocorbula rubromuscula []	No picture found Potamocorbula ustulata []	No picture found Varicorbula disparilis []
No picture found Varicorbula gibba [Common basket-shell]	No picture found Varicorbula krebsiana []	No picture found Varicorbula operculata [Oval varicorbula]
No picture found Varicorbula philippii []	No picture found Varicorbula rotalis []

50 Species of Family Corbulidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Anticorbula sinuosa		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Caryocorbula caribaea		Western Central Atlantic
Caryocorbula chittyana		Western Central Atlantic	0.86 DL
Caryocorbula contracta		Western Central Atlantic	0.9 DL
Caryocorbula cymella		Western Central Atlantic	1.35 DL
Caryocorbula dietziana		Western Central Atlantic	1.5 DL
Caryocorbula tarasconii		Western Atlantic.	0.72 DL
Corbula bicarinata		Southeast Pacific
Corbula biradiata		Southeast Pacific
Corbula caribaea		Western Central Atlantic
Corbula contracta	Contracted Corbula	Western Central Atlantic
Corbula crassa		Indo-West Pacific.
Corbula densesculpta		Northwest Pacific
Corbula erythraeensis		Western Indian Ocean
Corbula erythrodon		Western Pacific.
Corbula fortisulcata		Western Pacific
Corbula lineata		Western Pacific.
Corbula lyoni		Western Atlantic.	1.275 DL
Corbula macgillivrayi		Eastern Indian Ocean
Corbula mirabilis		Western Pacific
Corbula modesta		Northwest Pacific
Corbula nasuta		Southeast Pacific
Corbula pallida		Western Pacific
Corbula patagonica		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL
Corbula physoides		Mediterranean Sea.
Corbula scaphoides		Indo-Pacific.
Corbula sinensis		Western Pacific
Corbula solidula		Northwest Pacific
Corbula subquadrata		Western Indian Ocean
Corbula sulculosa		Western Indian Ocean
Corbula taheitensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Corbula taitensis		Western Indian Ocean
Corbula tryoni		Western Atlantic.	0.65 DL
Corbula tunicata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Corbula venusta		Northwest Pacific
Corbula zelandica		Southwest Pacific
Erodona mactroides		Western Atlantic.	2.8 DL
Juliacorbula aequivalvis		Western Central Atlantic
Lentidium mediterraneum		Mediterranean Sea
Potamocorbula amurensis	Brackish-water corbula	Pacific Ocean
Potamocorbula fasciata		Western Pacific.
Potamocorbula laevis		Western Pacific
Potamocorbula rubromuscula		Western Pacific
Potamocorbula ustulata		Northwest Pacific.
Varicorbula disparilis		Western Central Atlantic
Varicorbula gibba	Common basket-shell	Northeast Atlantic and th	1.087 SHL
Varicorbula krebsiana		Western Central Atlantic	0.61 DL
Varicorbula operculata	Oval varicorbula	North America	1 SHL
Varicorbula philippii		Western Central Atlantic
Varicorbula rotalis		Pacific Ocean.

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