Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Cyrenoidea > Family Cyrenidae > Genus Corbicula

Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Corbicula*	Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811	accepted genus name
*Cyrena*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Species group names

*Tellina fluviatilis*	Muller, 1774	subjective synonym
*Tellina fluminea*	O. F. Müller, 1774	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Aziatische korfmossel

English: Asian basket clam; Asian clam; Asian corbicula; Asiatic clam; prosperity clam sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).;Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.

French: clam asiatique sources: Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.

German: Asiatische Körbchenmuschel; Grobgerippte Körbchenmuschel; Grobgestreifte Körbchenmuschel; Weitgerippte Körbchenmuschel

Literature

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additional source	Thomas, N. A. & MacKenthun, K. M. (1964). Asiatic clam infestation at Charleston, West Virginia. The Nautilus. 78(1): 28-29.
additional source	Fechtner, F. R. (1962). Corbicula fluminea (Müller) from the Ohio River. The Nautilus. 75(3): 126.
additional source	Clarke, A. H. (1981). Corbicula fluminea, in Lake Erie. The Nautilus. 95(2): 83-84.
additional source	Bates, J. M. (1962). Extension of the range of Corbicula fluminea within the Ohio Drainage. The Nautilus. 76(1): 35-36.
additional source	Counts, C. L., III & Prezant, R. S. (1982). Shell microsculpture of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae). The Nautilus. 96(1): 25-30, figs. 1-11.
additional source	Tan Tiu, A. & Prezant, R. S. (1989). Shell tubules in Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Heterodonta): functional morphology and microsculpture. The Nautilus. 103(1): 36-39, figs. 1-9.
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additional source	Joy, J. E. (1985). A 40-week study on growth of the Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea (Müller), in the Kanawha River, West Virginia. The Nautilus. 99(4): 110-116.
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additional source	Hall, J. J. (1984). Production of immature Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae), in Lake Norman, North Carolina. The Nautilus. 98(4): 153-159.
additional source	InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
additional source	Thompson, B. A. (1983). The occurrence of the Asiatic freshwater clam, Corbicula fluminea in the Atchafalaya Delta, Louisiana. The Nautilus. 97(4): 124-125.
additional source	Ishibashi, R.; Komaru, A. (2003). Invasion of Corbicula flumineα into the Lake Biwa-Yodo River System. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 62 (1-2): 65-70.
additional source	Metcalf, A. L. & Smartt, R. (1972). Records of introduced mollusks: New Mexico and western Texas. The Nautilus. 85(4): 144-145.
additional source	Gunning, G. E. & Suttkus, R. D. (1966). Occurrence and distribution of Asiatic clam, Corbicula leana, in Pearl River, Louisiana. The Nautilus. 79(4): 113-116.
additional source	Dundee, D. S. & Dundee, H. A. (1958). Extensions of known ranges of 4 mollusks. The Nautilus. 72(2): 51-53.
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additional source	Counts, C. L., III. (1985). Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in the state of Washington in 1937, and in Utah in 1978. The Nautilus. 99(1): 18-19.
additional source	Keup, L., Horning, W. B. & Ingram, W. M. (1963). Extension of range of Asiatic clam to Cincinnati reach of the Ohio River. The Nautilus. 77(1): 18-21.
additional source	Harvey, R. S. (1981). Recolonization of reactor cooling water system by the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea. The Nautilus. 95(3): 131-136, figs. 1-3.
additional source	Hubricht, L. (1964). Corbicula fluminea at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Nautilus. 77(4): 143.
additional source	Graney, R. L., Cherry, G. S., Rodgers, J. H., Jr. & Cairns, J., Jr. (1980). The influence of thermal discharges and substrate composition on the population structure and distribution of the Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea, in the New River, Virginia. The Nautilus. 94(4): 130-135, figs. 1-3.
additional source	Buttner, K. & Heidinger, R. C. (1980). Seasonal variations in growth of the Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in a southern Illinois fish pond. The Nautilus. 94(1): 8-10.
additional source	Obata, M.; Nishimori, K.; Komaru, A. (2006). Change of Centrosome Attachment Site Causes Androgenesis in the Freshwater Clam Corbicula fluminea: Comparison with C. sandai. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 65 (3): 247-257.
additional source	Belanger, S. E., Farris, J. L., Cherry, D. S. & Cairns, J., Jr. (1985). Sediment preference of the freshwater Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea. The Nautilus. 99(2-3): 66-73.
additional source	Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms. ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].
additional source	Mackie, G. L. (2007). Biology of freshwater corbiculid and sphaeriid clams of North America. Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin New Series. 15 (3: i-ix): 1-436.
additional source	Fechtner, F. R. (1966). Corbicula from the Mississippi River. The Nautilus. 79(4): 138-139.
additional source	Horning, W. B. & Keup, L. (1964). Decline of Asiatic clam in Ohio River. The Nautilus. 78(1): 29-30.
additional source	Trama, F. B. (1982). Occurrence of the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea in the Raritan River, New Jersey. The Nautilus. 96(1): 6-8, fig. 1.
additional source	Dundee, D. S. & Harman, W. J. (1963). Corbicula fluminea (Müller) in Louisiana. The Nautilus. 77(1): 30.
additional source	Sakai, H.; Takahashi, T.; Komaru, A. (2014). Allozyme Variability in Japanese Corbicula leana and Exotic C. fluminea, and Freshwater Clam Diversification. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 72 (1–4): 109–121.
additional source	Heard, W. H. (1966). Further records of Corbicula fluminea (Müller) in the southern United States. The Nautilus. 79(4): 142-143.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774). 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:181580

Dr. Rafael Araujo. Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ac7fda40-3fad-4342-9d6f-30dc710d1315