Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Myida > Superfamily Myoidea > Family Corbulidae > Genus Varicorbula

Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Varicorbula*	U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931	accepted genus name
*Corbula (Varicorbula)*	U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931	synonym

Species group names

*Corbula curta*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Corbula gibba*	(Olivi, 1792)	synonym
*Corbula gibba var. albida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896	synonym
*Corbula gibba var. fusca*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896	synonym
*Corbula gibba var. maxima*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896	synonym
*Corbula gibba var. radiata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896	synonym
*Corbula mactriformis*	Biondi Giunti, 1859	synonym
*Corbula nucleus*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Corbula ovata*	Forbes, 1838	synonym
*Corbula rosea*	T. Brown, 1844	synonym
*Mya inaequivalvis*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Tellina gibba*	Olivi, 1792	synonym
*Tellina naticuta*	Brusina, 1870	synonym
*Tellina olimpica*	O. G. Costa, 1830	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: European clam

Literature

additional source	Hrs-Brenko M. (2006). The basket shell, Corbula gibba Olivi, 1792 (Bivalve Mollusks) as a species resistant to environmental disturbances: A review. Acta Adriatica: International journal of Marine Sciences. 47(1): 49-64.
additional source	Yonge, C. M. (1946). On the habits and adaptations of Aloidis (Corbula) gibba. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 27: 585-596.
additional source	Healy J.M. & Lamprell K.L. (1996). The Atlantic-Mediterranean bivalve, Corbula gibba (Olivi) (Corbulidae: Myoidea) in Port Philip Bay, Victoria. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 315-318

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378492