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Potamocorbula amurensis (Amur river clam; Amur river corbula; Asian bivalve; Asian clam; Marine clam; Chinese clam; brackish-water corbula; Nordpazifik-Venusmuschel)

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Language: Japanese

Wikipedia Abstract

Potamocorbula amurensis is a species of small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the order Myoida. Common names include the overbite clam, the Asian clam, the Amur River clam and the brackish-water corbula. The species is native to marine and brackish waters in the northern Pacific Ocean, its range extending from Siberia to China, Korea and Japan. It has become naturalised in San Francisco Bay.
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Invasive Species

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0