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Potamocorbula laevis
	Shell of Potamocorbula laevis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Myida
Family:	Corbulidae
Genus:	Potamocorbula
Species:	P. laevis
Binomial name
	Potamocorbula laevis; (Hinds, 1843
Synonyms
	Corbula laevis Hinds, 1843

Potamocorbula laevis is a species of marine bivalve in the family Corbulidae.^[1]^[2] It is an intertidal species that occurs in the Western Pacific in the Philippines, Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan.^[2] It was originally described in 1843 by Richard Brinsley Hinds (1812–1847) under the protonym of Corbula laevis from specimens collected at Hong Kong.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Potamocorbula laevis (Hinds, 1843)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2024). "Potamocorbula laevis" in SeaLifeBase. March 2024 version.
^ Hinds, R. B. (1843). "Descriptions of new species of shells collected during the voyage of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., and by H. Cuming, Esq., in his late visit to the Philippine Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 11: 55–59.

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