Corbicula is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Corbiculidae, the basket clams. The genus name is the New Latin diminutive of Latin corbis, a basket, referring to the shape and ribs of the shell. The genus Corbicula includes sixteen species described to date. The best known species is Corbicula f... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbicula