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Corbicula fonsata

Status not recordedmolluscsExtinct

Corbicula fonsata is a species in the family Cyrenidae, order Venerida.

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Quick facts about Corbicula fonsata

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Corbicula fonsata live?

Not recorded

Is Corbicula fonsata endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Corbicula fonsata classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderVenerida
  5. familyCyrenidae
  6. genusCorbicula
  7. SpeciesCorbicula fonsata (Slodkevich, 1935)

Synonyms Astarte fonsata

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Corbicula fonsata

Other species in the same genus Corbicula.

LC, Least Concern
Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea)

Asian clam

Corbicula fluminea

Cyrenidae

Asian clam

Corbicula fluminalis

CyrenidaeNo free photo yet

Shijimi

Corbicula japonica

CyrenidaeNo free photo yet

Golden clam

Corbicula javanica

CyrenidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Corbicula fonsata?

Corbicula fonsata (Corbicula fonsata) belongs to the family Cyrenidae in the order Venerida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Corbicula fonsata (Corbicula fonsata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/corbicula-fonsata

MLA

“Corbicula fonsata (Corbicula fonsata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/corbicula-fonsata.

BibTeX
@misc{corbicula_fonsata_2026,
  title = {Corbicula fonsata (Corbicula fonsata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/corbicula-fonsata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}