Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula fluminea
Corbicula fluminea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Cyrenoidea
Family: Cyrenidae
Genus: Corbicula
Species:
C. fluminea
Binomial name
Corbicula fluminea
Synonyms

Tellina fluminea O. F. Müller, 1774 (original combination)

Corbicula fluminea is a species of freshwater clam native to eastern Asia which has become a successful invasive species throughout the world, including North America, South America, Europe,[1] and New Zealand.[2][3] It is native to freshwater environments of Eastern Asia, including Russia, Thailand, the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. C. fluminea also occurs naturally in freshwater environments of Africa.[4] Corbicula fluminea is commonly known in the west as the Asian clam, Asiatic clam, or Asian gold clam. In Southeast Asia, C. fluminea is known as the golden clam, prosperity clam, pygmy clam, or good luck clam. In New Zealand, it is commonly referred as the freshwater gold clam.[2][3]

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

  • Right valve
    Right valve
  • Left valve
    Left valve
  1. ^ Crespo, Daniel; Dolbeth, Marina; Leston, Sara; Sousa, Ronaldo; Pardal, Miguel Ângelo (July 2015). "Distribution of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the invaded range: a geographic approach with notes on species traits variability". Biological Invasions. 17 (7): 2087–2101. Bibcode:2015BiInv..17.2087C. doi:10.1007/s10530-015-0862-y. hdl:1822/49103. ISSN 1387-3547. S2CID 16548008.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference freshwatergoldclam-mpi-nzgovt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference nzstuff-clam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ USGS (2001): Nonindigenous species information bulletin: Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) (Mollusca: Corbiculidae). PDF fulltext