Corbicula an annotated bibliography 1774 2005

Recent excavations have exposed considerable sections of shelly sands and gravels in the vicinity of Middlezoy, Somerset. These beds, known as the Burtle Beds, contain a large series of common and widely distributed marine shells, together with the bones and teeth of mammals. A few examples of Corbicula fluminalis in these beds were found associated with marine fauna. This is the first record of C. fluminalis in the west of England. It has been reported from West Wittering, Sussex, along with similar marine shells, and from to 80 90 ft terrace of the Warwickshire Avon, at Ailstone, near Stratford. These are the two nearest sites to the Somerset locality. The species is known from the Red Crag and subsequent deposits up to the middle Pleistocene at Crayford, where it makes its last appearance. It has been found in some abundance in the terraces of the Thames and Cam, and in the Oxford gravels; also in the interglacial grvels at Kelsey Hill, Holderness, associated with many marine shells. In France it has been recorded from the estuarine bed, 24 ft above mean sea level, at Menchecourt, where it occurred with seven species of marine shells identical with those at Somerset. There is no evidence to suggest that the Somerset Beds with C. fluminalis are later than Crayford, which is regarded as early Mousterian from its contained implements.

Jacomini, A. E., W. E. P. Avelar. 2002. Paiva Bioacumulação do herbicida atrazina pelas espécies de bivalves limnicos Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) e Corbicula fluminea (Muller, 1774). Masters’s Thesis, Ribeirão Preto. 89 pp. [Portuguese]

Inúmeros pesticidas são usados na agricultura, para controle de pragas e ervas daninhas. Dentre eles destaca-se o herbicida atrazina, intensivamente utilizado nas culturas de cana-de-açúcar, milho e sorgo, que ocupam extensas áreas no estado de São Paulo. Grande parcela do herbicida, que é aplicado na agricultura, entra em contato com o solo, podendo ser lixiviado, atingindo as águas superficiais. Neste sentido, alguns animais como, por exemplo, moluscos bivalves, podem ser utilizados como monitores biológicos do ambiente aquático e auxiliar no estudo da ecotoxicologia. Considerando o risco de contaminação do ambiente aquático pela atrazina, propõe-se no presente trabalho, desenvolver uma metodologia de análise daquele herbicida nos tecidos nas espécies de bivalves límnicos Anodontites trapesíalis (LAMARCK, 1819) e Corbicula fluminea (Muller, 1789), validar esse método e, finalmente, verificar se ocorre a bioacumulação do herbicida nas panes moles dessas duas espécies. Como técnica de extração utilizou-se a extração líquido-líquido e como técnica de análise, a cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência.

Jadhav, S., Y. B. Sontakke and V. S. Lomte. 1996. Carbaryl toxicity to freshwater bivalve Corbicula striatella. Environment and Ecology 14(4):863-865.

The wide scale use of chemical pesticides in agricultural and public health, contaminate the aquatic ecosystem. It causes harmful effects to non target organisms. Exposure to such pesticides create imbalance in physiological functioning of the organisms. To study this, acute toxicity tests were carried out by using carbaryl (carbamate) to the freshwater bivalve Corbicula striatella. The regression equations were established by using probit mortality and log of concentrations of pesticide. The LC₁₀ and LC₅₀ values were found to range from 35.9 to 3.3 ppm and from 67.01 to 5.1 ppm respectively for 24 to 96 periods of time.

Jadhav, S., Y. B. Sontake and V. S. Lomte. 1996. Effect of carbaryl on ascorbic acid content in the selected tissues of Carbicula striatella. Journal of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Monitoring 6(2):109-112.

The present study shows variation in ascorbic acid content of bivalve Corbicula striatella were exposed to median lethal (2.58 ppm) and sublethal (0.51 ppm) concentrations of carbaryl for 1 to 21 days and ascorbic contents were estimated. The mantle, foot, gill, digestive gland and whole body of C. striatella showed depletion over control during acute and chronic exposure to carbaryl.

Janech, M. G. and R. D. Hunter. 1995. Corbicula fluminea in a Michigan river: Implications for low temperature tolerance. Malacological Review 28(1-2):119-124.

Jang, I.-K. and C.-H. Kim. 1992. A study on the changes of the molluscan and crustacean fauna after the construction of the Naktong Estuary Barrage. Journal of the Korean Fisheries Society 25(4):265-281. [Korean with English summary]

The materials of this study consist of both specimens and survey records of the mollusks and crustaceans which were obtained from 30 collection sites in the Naktong Estuary South during August similar to November, 1991. The mollusks and crustaceans collected identified in this study are 31 and 50 species, respectively; 2 species of mollusks and 6 species of crustaceans were newly recorded in this area. The occurrence and distribution of 63 molluscan species and 138 crustacean species were compared in 8 zones, before and after the construction of the Naktong Estuary Barrage. During this investigation, only a few species of mollusks occurred in the northern freshwaters off the Barrage. The habitats for the intertidal species were greatly destructed along the eastern part of the Ulsuk Island and the riverside of Tadaep'o where the bank was recently constructed. The commercial bivalves including Corbicula fluminea and Ruditapes philippinarum greatly decreased in number in all the estuarine waters. A freshwater crab (Eriocheir japonicus) has disappeared in the Naktong River and its neighbouring streams.

Jenkinson, J. J. 1979. The occurrence and spread of Corbicula manilensis in east central Alabama. The Nautilus 94(4):149 153.

Jenkinson, J. J. and S. A. Ahlstedt. 1987. Mussel die offs downstream from Pickwick Landing Dam, Tennessee River, 1985 and 1986. IN: Proceedings of the Workshop on Die Offs of Freshwater Mussels in the United States, R. J. Neves, Ed. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg). pp. 29 38.

Jenner, H. A. and J. P. M. Janssen-Mommen. 1993. Monitoring and control of Dreissena polymorpha and other macrofouling bivalves in The Netherlands. IN: Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control. Lewis Publishers (Boca Raton, Florida). pp. 537-554.

Three fouling bivalves (the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha; the Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea; and the brackish water mussel, Mytilopsis leucophaeta) are present in The Netherlands. Of these three species, the zebra mussel is the most troublesome and control is often necessary. Settlement, growth, and effectiveness of control of the zebra mussel within water systems can be detected and followed with a settlement monitor. In addition, the behavior of zebra mussel valve movements is a useful monitoring method that shows toxic effects during chemical control. At present, there are six primary methods used to control macrofouling bivalves in The Netherlands: chlorination, surface coatings, heat treatment, drying, water velocity, and microseives. In most instances, control of bivalves at a particular water pumping facility relies primarily on one of these six methodologies. However, the primary method of control may be and often is supplemented with additional control methods that are more efficient based on the facility, time of year, and mussel life stage than the primary control method. This use of integrated control technology has substantially reduced macrofouling problems caused by bivalves in The Netherlands.

Jickeli, C. F. 1873. Reisebericht. Malakozoologische Blätter 20:1 20.

Jickeli, C. F. 1874. Fauna der Land  und Süsswasser Mollusken Nord Ost Afrik'as. Nova Acta der Kaiserlich Deutschen Akademie der Naturforschenden Dresden 37(1):1 352.

Jobsis, G. J. 2000. Assessment of water quality, crayfish and Corbicula of the Reedy River, South Carolina following a diesel oil spill. Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society 2000 Midyear Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, 3-6 February.

Joh, Y. G., S. J. Park and C. W. Ahn. 1982. Lipids of fresh water cockle, Corbicula elatior. Bulletin of the Korean Fisheries Society 15(1):94 98.

The chemical characteristics, lipid composition, fatty acid components and the sterol composition of Corbicula elatior were studied. The oil content, I value and unsaponifiable matter of the total lipids were 2.17, 119, and 16.6%, respectively. The main components of the total lipids were phospholipids (about 43%), triglycerides and sterols. The main fatty acids of the total lipids were C 18:0 (48.4%), C 14:0 (10.0%), C 18:3 *8.3%), C 14:1 (5.4%) and C 18:1 (5.3%). Sterols found were 24 methylenecholesterol (14.1%), beta sitosterol (22.5%), fucosterol (14.9%), isofucosterol (7) (14.0%), (detla 7 avenasterol)(?) (5.2%) and cholesterol (2.3%).

Johansen, A. C. 1904. Om den Fossile Kvartaere Molluskfauna. (Kobenhavn).

Johnson, K. I., C. H. Henager, T. L. Page, and P. F. Hayes. 1986. Engineering factors influencing Corbicula fouling in nuclear service water systems. IN: Proceedings of the Second International Corbicula Symposium, J. C. Britton, Ed. American Malacological Bulletin Special Edition No. 2. pp. 47 52.

Johns, C., S. N. Luoma and V. Elrod. 1988. Selenium accumulation in benthic bivalves and fine sediments of San Francisco Bay, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and selected tributaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 27(4):381-396.

Spatial distributions of selenium were determined in fine-grained, oxidized, surface sediments and in two benthic bivalves (Corbicula sp., a suspension-feeding freshwater clam, and Macoma balthica, a deposit-feeding brackish-water clam) within San Francisco Bay, the San Joaquin River and three river systems unlikely to be subject to selenium inputs.

Johns, C. and S, N. Luoma. 1990. Arsenic in benthic bivalves of San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta. Science of the Total Environment 97-98:673-684.

Arsenic concentrations were determined in fine-grained, oxidized, surface sediments and in two benthic bivalves, Corbicula and Macoma balthica, within San Francisco Bay, the Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta, and selected rivers in California, not influenced by urban or industrial activity. Arsenic concentrations in all samples were characteristic of values reported for uncontaminated estuaries. Small temporal fluctuations and low arsenic concentrations in bivalves and sediments suggest that most inputs of arsenic are likely to be minor and arsenic contamination is not widespread in the Bay.

Johnson, P. D. and R. F. McMahon. 1998. Effects of temperature and chronic hypoxia on survivorship of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55(7):1564-1572.

The effects of four levels of chronic hypoxic stress at three temperatures on the survivorship of Dreissena polymorpha and Corbicula fluminea to were examined to assess the efficacy of O₂ deprivation as a macrofouling control treatment and examine if critical hypoxia limits support reported distribution patterns. At 25^oC, the hypoxia tolerance was examined at Po₂ = 7.9, 11.9, 15.9, 23.8, and 31.8 Torr (1 Torr = 133.322 Pa) or 5, 7.5, 10, 15, and 20% of full air O₂ saturation (Po₂ = 159 Torr). At 15^oC, the hypoxia tolerance to 7.9, 11.9, and 15.9 Torr was tested and at 7.9 Torr for 5^oC treatments. For both species, Po₂ and temperature influenced survivorship dramatically with increasing survivorship at higher Po₂ and decreasing temperatures. At 25^oC, C. fluminea experienced mortality at 7.9, 11.9, and 15.9 Torr, with LT₅₀ values of 144, 216, and 216 h, respectively, versus 288, 384, and 480 h for the 15^oC exposures. Dreissena polymorpha treatments had LT₅₀ values of 120, 216, and 216 h at 25^oC for the 7.9-, 11.9-, and 15.9-Torr treatments versus 26% mortality after 600 h and 28% mortality after 720 h at 15^oC. The 7.9-Torr treatments at 5^oC had LT₅₀ values of 480 h for C. fluminea and 1056 h for D. polymorpha. This study showed that both species displayed broad seasonal variation in hypoxia tolerance and that hypoxia limits may be used to assess infestation risk.

Johnson, R. I. 1959. The types of Corbiculidae and Sphaeriidae (Mollusca: Pelecypoda) in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and a biobibliographic sketch of Temple Prime, an early specialist of this group. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120:429 479.

Johnson, T. H. and E. R. Simpson. 1944. Larval trematodes from Australian freshwater molluscs. IX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 68(1):125 132.

Jonas, J. H. 1844. Vorläufige diagnosen neuer Conchylien. Zeitschrift für Malakologie 1:185 187.

Jonas, J. H. 1846. IN: Abbildungen und Berchreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannten Conchylien. 2 (Cyrena). Vol. II, R. A. Philippi, Ed.

Jones, A. W. 1898. The Mentor beds. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 15:111 112.

Joy, J. E. 1985. A 40 week study on growth of the Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea (Müller), in the Kanawha River, West Virginia. The Nautilus 99(4):110 116.

A sample population of Corbicula fluminea individuals maintained in cages was monitored over a 40 week period (12 March to 16 December 1983) to assess growth (in shell length, and overall body weight), percentage of total body weight made up to soft tissues (i.e. "condition index"), and mortality rates. There were virtually no increases in length or weight when water temperatures were below 10^oC. Noticeable growth began when water temperature reached about 14^oC. Highest rates of growth (shell length, 0.66 mm/wk; weight, 0.26 gm/wk) occurred when water temperatures were between 24^o and 30^oC. "Condition indices" (ranging from a low of 12.6% in June to a high of 21.2% in October) for experimentally caged clams were similar to those found in natural stream clams. Twenty five of the 300 (8.3%) clams under experimental conditions died.

Joy, J. E., A. J. Pritchard and D. Danford. 1983. Corbicula fluminea (Mollusca: Pelecypoda) as a Biological Indicator of Heavy Metals in the Kanawha River, WV. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 55(2/3/4):113-117, 1983.

Two hundred large (16 to 24 mm) Corbicula fluminea individuals were monitored for 10 heavy metals at four different sites (50 clams at each site) on the Kanawha River over a nine week period. Analysis of the viscera revealed silver in the smallest concentrations (between 0.1 and 0.2 μg/g) of the metals at all four sites. Cadmium was also found in low concentrations (between 0.2 and 0.4 μg/g). Iron was found in the highest concentrations, in some cases surpassing 500 μg/g. Magnesium levels were also high, generally ranging between 100 and 200 μg /g at all sites. Concentrations of zinc were interesting because of their virtually unchanging levels (approximately 30 μg /g) at all four sites over the nine weeks. Copper concentrations were also very constant (between 7.0 and 9.0 μg /g) at all sites with the exception of weeks 7 and 9 at Marmet when copper levels reached 17.0 and 12.0 μg/g, respectively. While generally low, chromium levels were quite variable, ranging from 0.5 μg/g at London, to a high of 12.0 μg/g at Glen Ferris. Manganese levels were also quite variable, ranging from a low of 9.2 μg/g at Winfield to a high of 100 μg/g at London.

Joy, J. E. and L. E. McCoy. 1975. Comparisons of shell dimensions and viscera mass weights in Corbicula manilensis (Philippi, 1844). The Nautilus 89(2):51 54.

Relationships of shell weight, size and wet and dry viscera weights were computed for Corbicula manilensis. The highest coefficient of correlation was recorded for shell length vs. width (0.9993) and the lowest for shell width vs. viscera dry weight (0.8755). Regression analyses were calculated for each of 10 shells and viscera comparisons.

Junk, W. J. 1974. The bottom fauna and its distribution in Bung Borapet, a reservoir in central Thailand. Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 19(3):1935 1946.

The biomass of the bottom fauna of Bun Borapet was largely made up of Bivalvia. These were represented by the genera Corbicula, Hyriopsis, Unio, Ensidens, Philobryconcha, Scaphula and Limnoperna. In the most intensively colonized areas, their biomass was as much as 222 g/m² dry wt, and accounted for > 99% of the total biomass. The Ephemeroptera and Trichoptera, represented by Eatogenia sp and Dipseudopsis, were second in importance. The maximum biomass of these latter 2 genera were 0.95 and 0.7 g/m² dry wt respectively. Chironomidae, Ostracoda and Oligochaeta were abundant; however, they were too small to contribute significantly to the biloass. The most important elements of the bottom fauna of Bung Borapet showed clear zonal distribution. The Bivalvia, except for Scaphula pinna and Limnoperna siamensis, occurred in greatest numbers in shallow water areas which were kept free of superficial sediment by a wave action. They did not occur in places where there was a thick layer of coarse detritus. Eatogenia was most numerous in areas suitable burrowing i.e. those parts of the lake bed covered with a layer of fine sediment. Dipseudopsis avoids both these areas, preferring to inhabit areas with coarse detritus i.e. along the edges of the stands of floating vegetation and in protected littoral areas amongst the submerged vegetation. Many other animal groups occurred amongst this vegetation. These, however, are not considered as bottom fauna, but are more comparable with the fauna of the floating vegetation. The Bivalvia Scaphula pinna and Limnoperna siamensis occupied an intermediate position since they occurred widely on the lake bed but were found in larger numbers in the floating vegetation. The biomass of the bottom fauna of Bung Borapet is higher than that of other tropical shallow lakes, mainly because of the large numbers of bivalves.