Brackish-water Corbula (Potamocorbula amurensis)

Brackish-water Corbula, a reference photo — Photo: Slieker F J A, van der Es H, Andeweg R, Langeveld B W, Schnörr S. Natural History Museum Rotterdam · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Potamocorbula amurensis is a species of small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the order Myida. 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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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Brackish-water Corbula being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Ameritella agilis
Mulinia lateralis
Mactrotoma fragilis
Lentidium mediterraneum
Mactrotoma antecedens
Cryptomya californica

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Family: Corbulidae
Genus: Potamocorbula
Species: Potamocorbula amurensis

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