Corbiculacea

Corbiculacea
A live Corbicula clam with the siphons and foot visible protruding from the shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Suborder: Corbiculacea
Families

Corbiculidae
Sphaeriidae

The Corbiculacea are a suborder of freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Veneroida.[1]

References

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