Corbicula an annotated bibliography 1774 2005

Petit Marie, N., J. Riser, M. F. Bonifay, P. Carbonel, G. Delibrias, C. Hillaire Marcel, J. C. Rosso, E. Schultz and I. Soulie. 1981. Holocene lake deposits and palaeoenvironments in central Sahara, northeastern Mali. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 35:45 61.

Petrbok, J. 1928. First contribution to the knowledge of the Caenozoic shells of Bessarabia and Galac. Bulletin Institute Academy, Prague 29:278 285.

Petrbok, J. 1934. Corbicula fluminalis M:uller a faunna trebestovicke plistocenni terasy v Cilci u Nymburka. Vestnik Ceskoslovenske Akademie Praha 43:4.

Pfenninger, M., F. Reinhardt and B. Streit. 2002. Evidence for cryptic hybridization between different evolutionary lineages of the invasive clam genus Corbicula (Veneroida, Bivalvia). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15(5):818-829.

Two Corbicula morphotypes in a syntopic population in the Rhine River were studied in order to reveal their taxonomic, reproductive and phylogenetic relationship, using morphometrics, DAF-fingerprinting, mitochondrial COI and nuclear ITS1 sequence variation. Morphometric analysis showed that two statistically distinguishable morphotypes with few intermediates were present. Mitochondrial sequence analysis detected two divergent clades. DAF-fingerprinting revealed three highly distinctive multilocus genotypes. Two of the multilocus genotypes were significantly associated with different morphotypes and mitochondrial lineages. The third genotype B, however, was found in both morphotypes, intermediates and mitochondrial lineages. Conclusive evidence for hybridization came from RFLP analysis of the nuclear ITS1 locus. The results are interpreted such that the hybrids as F1 hybrids between different evolutionary lineages. Integration of Corbicula sequences from all over the world into Maximum Parsimony analysis suggested a simultaneous radiation resulting in several evolutionary lineages whose species status remained doubtful. An unequivocal taxonomic assignment of the two evolutionary lineages in the Rhine population was therefore not possible.

Phelps, H. L. 1992. Possible development of the freshwater Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea, as a new aquaculture product in the US. National Shellfisheries Association; Fish Culture Section, American Fisheries Society; and World Aquaculture Society. Aquaculture '92 - Growing toward the 21st Century, Orlando, Florida, 21-25 May.

The Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea ) was introduced to the US by Asian immigrants on the West Coast around 1929. It is commercially raised and sold for food in Taiwan and China. Since 1930 the Asiatic clam has spread gradually around the US, achieving notoriety as a biofouling organism. This clam has never been marketed for food in the US except canned or smoked, with the canned form mostly for the Oriental market. C. fluminea arrived in the Washington, DC and Maryland area of the Potomac River in 1976 and developed a large population. In summer 1991, Asians were found fishing for the Asiatic clam in the Potomac River above Washington, DC and selling it in large quantities as far away as New York. Interviews with families doing the fishing found the clams were considered a delicacy and were preferred fresh and with shells. Some recipes were tried. The freshwater Asiatic clam takes nearly two years to achieve a maximum size of about two inches and does not have the flavor of a marine clam. Although the US market for this clam may be limited to orientals, there appeared to be significant interest in the fresh product.

Phelps, H. L. 1994. Potential for Corbicula in aquaculture. Journal of Shellfish Research 13(1):319.

In Fall 1993 a short trip was made to Taiwan to collect information on the aquaculture and food use of the freshwater Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminia. At present, Corbicula is indigenous to rivers and freshwater estuaries of all but the most northern U.S. states. Corbicula has been found to be heavily fished locally by Asians but is not present in the U.S. market. For that to happen Corbicula will have to be raised in aquaculture. Aquaculture of Corbicula could be considered at many U.S. locations. In Taiwan Corbicula is not a high-value aquaculture product and is consumed mostly as a side dish and in soups. It is considered a health food and has the highest (50%) glycogen content of any shellfish. In 1987 Corbicula had the fourth highest total shellfish market value in Taiwan with around 8000 mt produced at 3.7 mt/ha. The shelf life of fresh Corbicula is marked at one week. It is mostly cooked fresh or can be found "pickled" with hot peppers and soy sauce (which apparently does not prolong shelf life). Corbicula is raised in shallow farm ponds and farm wastes are used cultivate food algae. Seed production of Corbicula required shallower ponds with a sand bottom. Mature clams produce marketable seed (0.3-0.5 cm) within two months, which are sold to farmers for grow-out. Three crops can be marketed a year from farm ponds, but the necessity for flowing fresh water causes official discouragement. The short poster-video presentation shows some of the raising and cooking methods of Corbicula in Taiwan.

Phelps, H. L. 1994. The Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) invasion and system-level ecological change in the Potomac River Estuary near Washington, D.C. Estuaries 17(3):614-621.

The exotic freshwater clam species Corbicula fluminea (Asiatic clam) was first reported in the tidal freshwater Potomac estuary near Washington, D.C., in 1977, and was found in benthic surveys conducted in 1978, 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1992. In 1981 a tripling of water clarity was reported in the region of the clam beds, followed in 1983 by reappearance of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) absent for 50 yr. Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) has been surveyed and mapped over the entire Potomac estuary region in almost every year from 1976 to 1993 by aerial photography, as part of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay program. Fish surveys in 1986 found populations increased up to 7x in beds of SAV. Starting in 1984, the Washington, D.C. Christmas bird census reported significant increases in several aquatic bird populations, both nonmigratory and migratory. An extensive benthic survey in September 1986 estimated a spring-summer population of 8.7 x 10⁶ kg Asiatic clams (wet weight including shell) in the 5-km region of the Potomac below Washington, D.C. This population was calculated as having the capacity to filter one-third to all of the water in this region of the estuary daily, depending on river flow. The 1986 clam population was smaller than that of 1984 and the 1992 population was 25% of that in 1986. Since 1986, SAV acreage has been decreasing in this area of the Potomac. Aquatic bird populations have declined. Yearly nuisance algae (Microcystis) blooms, which had been absent since 1983, reappeared in 1993. This paper presents evidence to support the theory the invasive Asiatic clam population in the 10 km below Washington, D.C., was responsible for SAV resurgence through filtration affecting turbidity. It suggests the clam populations triggered system-level changes in biota, including increase and decrease in local Potomac estuary populations (SAV, bird, fish, algae) over 10 yr, from 1983 to 1993. Major changes in the Asiatic clam population took place approximately 2 yr before parallel changes in SAV acreage were observed.

Phelps, H. L. 1997. The Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) and water pollutants. Journal of Shellfish Research 16(1):294.

The Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) invaded the freshwater tidal Potomac River estuary near Washington, DC in 1978 and by 1984 the population of five km below D.C. was estimated at 8 x 10⁶ kg. Corbicula has a high filtration rate and was estimated to filter from one-third to most of the water passing through that region of the estuary. It has invaded most of the states of the Union, but is raised in culture in Asia and could become an aquaculture species of interest to Asians. The ability of the clam to remove the pollutants phosphate, nitrate, and iron (FeCl₃) from the water column was studied using suspensions of cultured algae (Thalassosira weisflogii), mud sediment (74 μ) and plankton collected from the Potomac and Anacostia rivers, and the C& O Canal. The native plankton samples had quartz fragments with some algae and organic material fragments. Suspensions were made with and without pollutants, and with and without added clams. The suspensions were at an ecologically relevant level (100 mg/l), agitated to maintain suspension, and subsamples taken over three hours. Subsamples were centrifuged and analyzed for pollutant concentration remaining in the water column. All experiments were run in triplicate. Nitrate concentrations were not affected with or without algae, sediment, plankton, clams, or any combination of those factors. Phosphate concentrations increased in algae suspensions alone and with clams present (probably due to cell damage) but did not change in plankton suspensions with or without clams. Phosphate concentrations decreased in all sediment suspensions and much more rapidly with clams present. Iron concentrations decreased with clams present in suspensions of river plankton but not sediment or algae suspensions. Iron concentrations also decreased with clams without suspensions: mucus production was observed and may have been a factor. In conclusion, when an added water pollutant such as phosphate decreased over time, it was probably due to sorption by suspended material and settling. The removal rate was 50% higher in the presence of clams.

Phelps, H. L. 1999. Corbiculina australis and Corbicula fluminea: Comparison of native and invasive Corbiculidae species. 15th International Conference of Estuarine Research Federation, New Orleans, Louisiana, 25-30 September.

Phelps, H., C. Clark and E. Greenidge. 2001. Bioavailable pollutant sources in the Anacostia Estuary: Biomonitoring with Corbicula. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2001 meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 11-15 November.

Philadelphia Electric Company. 1984. Final Environmental Impact Statement, Limerick Station. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Washington, D. C.).

Corbicula fluminea is reported in the Schuylkill River just below the Limerick Nuclear Power Station.

Philippi, R. A. 1836. Enumerato Molluscorum Siciliae I. Berolini. 39 pp.

Philippi, R. A. 1841. Descriptiones testaceorum quorundam novorum, maxine chinensium. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie (November 1844):161 167.

Cyrena manilensis sp. nov. is described (p. 162) from Manila, Philippine Islands. Cyrena largillierti is described (p. 163) from China.

Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumerato Molluscorum Siciliae II. Halis Saxonum. 31 pp.

Philippi, R. A. 1846. Abbildungen und Berchreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannten Conchylien. 2 (Cyrena). Vol. II.

Cyrena radiata `Parreyss' is described (p. 78) and figured (Pl. 1, fig. 8) from Bar el Abaid, White Nile (Sudan).

Philippi, R. A. 1847. Abbildungen und Berchreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannten Conchylien. 2 (Cyrena). Vol. II.

Philippi, R. A. 1847. Abbildungen und Berchreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannten Conchylien. 2 (Cyrena). Vol. II.

Philippi, R. A. 1850. Abbildungen und Berchreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannten Conchylien. 3 (Cyrena). Pl. 2, Nos. 77 79, Pl. 3, Nos. 107 111.

Phung, N. H. 2000. Distribution and yield of commercial gastropods and bivalves (Mollusca) in coastal waters of Vietnam. IN: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress and Workshop of the Tropical Marine Mollusc Programme, 20-30 October, Ministry of Fisheries of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Hanoi and Haiphong). Special Publications of the Phuket Marine Biology Center 21(1):175-178.

Material for this study was collected along the coast of Vietnam from l992-94 and supplemented with recent data. The total yield of commercial Gastropoda and Bivalvia from Vietnam has been estimated to be at 300,000-350,000 tons/year. The following species dominated: in Northern Vietnam, Meretrix meretrix was abundant at the Red River mouth (along Thaibinh, Namdinh, Thanhhoa provinces); yield: 26,000-30,000 tons/year. In waters from Quangninh to Thuathien-Hue provinces, landings of Ostrea rivularis Gould were 10,000-12,000 t/yr, Cyclina sinensis (Gmelin) and Dosinia laminata (Reeve): 6,000-6,500 t/yr, Aloides laevis (Hinds): 130,000-150,000 t/yr, and Corbicula subsulcata Clessin: 600-1,000 t/yr. In Central Vietnam: the species composition of commercial molluscs is very diverse from Danang city to Ninhthuan provinces, but the yield from this area did not reach 100 to/yr. In Binhthuan province (a very special area) many important species were observed: Chlamys nobilis (Reeve): 15,000-20,000 t/yr, Anadara antiquata (Linnaeus): 20,000-25,000 t/yr, Modiolus philippinarum Hanley: 3,500-4,000 t/yr, Arca navicularis Bruguiere: 1,000-1,200 t/yr, and Babylonia areolata (Link): 1,000-1,500 t/yr. In Southern Vietnam: on the east coast (Tiengiang, Bentre, Travinh provinces) Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby) was the most abundant commercial species; yield 54,000-61,000 t/yr. On the west coast (Camau and Kiengiang provinces) Anadara granosa (L.) and some other species were harvested in quantities at Kienhai and Phuquoc Islands. Paphia textilis (Gmelin) is a new commercial species in Vietnam. The yields were 20,000 t/yr (1996) and 15,000 t/yr (1997).

Pickett, J. R. 1990. Sources and accumulation of heavy metals in sediments and the clam Corbicula fluminea in two South Carolina watersheds. Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ’90 - Global Environmental Issues: Challenge for the 90s, Arlington, Virginia, 11-15 November.

Pickett, J. R. 1991. Sources and accumulation of trace metals in sediments and the Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea, in two South Carolina watersheds. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (Columbia), U.S. Geological Survey Report USGS/G-1735 [U.S.G.S. Contract No. 14-08-0001-1735].

A survey of trace element concentrations in the benthic bivalve, Corbicula fluminea, was conducted on the Santee-Cooper River Basin, S.C. from 1989-1991 as part of a nonpoint source water quality assessment. Trace metal concentrations in clam tissues were examined in relation to temporal and spatial variations in river water and sediment. It was found that C. fluminea was a suitable bio-indicator for monitoring trace metal inputs within the basin. olute concentrations of Cd, Cu and Zn underwent appreciable accumulation as demonstrated by strong solute vs. tissue correlations and high bioconcentration factors. Conversely, the bioavailability of trace elements to C. fluminea was not necessarily related to sediment concentrations, as correlations were not observed between trace elements in sediment and clam tissue. The differences in the bioavailability of metals observed between the watersheds was likely a function of physicochemical factors affecting the partitioning of metals between the water and sediment compartments.

Pilsbry, H. A. 1896. New species of fresh water mollusks from South America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48:561 565.

Corbicula coloniensis sp. nov. is described (pp. 562 563) and figured (Pl. 26, fig. 9) from La Plata River above Colonia, Uruguay.

Pilsbry, H. A. 1901. New Japanese marine, land and fresh water Mollusca. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 53:385 408.

Pilsbry, H. A. 1907. On Japanese species of Corbicula. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonensis (Tokyo) 6:153 160.

Pilsbry, H. A. 1934. Zoological results of the Dolan West China Expedition of 1931,   Part II, Mollusks. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 84:5 28.

An unidentified Corbicula sp. is reported from Chengtu.

Pilsbry, H. A. 1939. Freshwater Mollusca and Crustacea from near El Molino, Bolivia. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology No. 13:69 72.

Pilsbry, H. A. 1944. Molluscan fossils from the Rio Pachitea and vicinity in eastern Peru. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 96:137 153.

The fossil remains of Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) spp. undet. are reported from mainly internal casts from the Red beds (?Pliocene) of the Pachitea River, Peru.

Pilsbry, H. A. and J. C. Bequaert. 1927. The aquatic Mollusca of the Belgian Congo with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 53:69 602.

Pilsbry, H. A. and Y. Hirase. 1905. Catalogue of the land and fresh water Mollusca of Taiwan (Formosa) with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 57:720 752.

Pinardi, H., W. P. Carney, M. D. Clark, J. H. Cross, A. Jusuf, J. S. Saroso and O. Oemijati. 1972. Schistosoma japonicum and intestinal parasites of the inhabitants of Lake Lindu, Sulawesi (Celebes); a preliminary report. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 3:594 599.

Piscart, C., J.-C. Moreteau and J. N. Beisel. 2005. Biodiversity and structure of macroinvertebrate communities along a small permanent salinity gradient (Meurthe River, France). Hydrobiologia 551(1):227-236.

Pojeta, J. 1964. Note on extension of the known range of the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller) in the Ohio River. Ohio Journal of Science 64(6):428 429.

Pool, A. C., and L. J. Tilly. 1977. Model to Determine Growth Rate of Corbicula. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Savannah River Laboratory (Aiken, South Carolina). NTIS No. DP MS 77 79. 11 pp.

Pool, D. and J. D. McCullough. 1979. The Asiatic clam, Corbicula manilensis, from two reservoirs in eastern Texas. The Nautilus 93(1):37.

Corbicula manilensis was collected during 1977 in Lake of the Pines Reservoir of the Big Cypress River Basin, Texas, and from Murvaul Reservoir in the Sabine River Basin, Texas. Mean values for physico chemical parameters recorded from the reservoirs in 1977 are also reported.

Pool, W. D. 1978. Some of the Effects of Calcium and Nitrate Ions on Growth and Longevity of the Asiatic Clam, Corbicula manilensis (Philippi). Master's Thesis, Steven F. Austin State University. 115 pp.

Popova, S. M. 1968. Eopleistocene continental mollusks of north west Baikal. IN: New Species of Prehistoric Plants and Invertebrates of the U.S.S.R., B. P. Markovskii, Ed. Vol. 2, Part 1. (Nedra, Moscow). pp. 252 258.

Porter, H. J. 1984. Corbicula fluminea (Müller) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County, North Carolina, its distributional ecology and growth. American Malacological Bulletin 3(1):100. [Abstract]

The Corbicula fluminea population in Lake Waccamaw was studied during 1979 1981. During this period, small C. fluminea (< 3 mm length) were found throughout the lake, but larger C. fluminea (> 3 mm length) were found throughout the lake, but larger C. fluminea (> 3 mm length), were generally restricted to a shallow, low organic, sandy substratum zone in the northwestern half of the lake, an area in which the emergent plant Spatter dock (Nuphar Iuteum Sibth. & Smith) also seems restricted. No significant correlations were observed between densities of either of the two sizes and any of the endemic mussels within the lake. Three different year classes are believed to have been observed during the period.

Potter, J. M. and L. H. Liden. 1986. Corbicula control at the Potomac River Steam Electric Station, Alexandria, Virginia.