Corbicula japonica   Prime, 1864

Japanese Corbicula

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Corbicula japonica  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 385).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest Pacific: from south of Japan to the south of Sakhalin.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 2 - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127304); max. reported age: 10 years (Ref. 127304)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in subtidal areas of estuaries in mud (Ref. 75831). Infaunal suspension-feeder (Ref. ).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.6 - 22.6, mean 14 (based on 372 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.2-1.11; tm=3; tmax=10).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.
Nutrients: Calcium = 149 [71, 228] mg/100g; Iron = 8.53 [1.95, 15.11] mg/100g; Protein = 9.88 [8.64, 11.12] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.202, 0.423] g/100g; Selenium = 61 [50, 72] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [0.56, 3.51] mg/100g (wet weight).