Potamocorbula laevis
Species of bivalve
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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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| Potamocorbula laevis | |
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| Shell of Potamocorbula laevis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myida |
| Family: | Corbulidae |
| Genus: | Potamocorbula |
| Species: | P. laevis |
| Binomial name | |
| Potamocorbula laevis (Hinds, 1843 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Corbula laevis Hinds, 1843 | |
