Asian clam

Weight

Not recorded

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumMollusca
3. classBivalvia
4. orderVenerida
5. familyCyrenidae
6. genusCorbicula
7. SpeciesCorbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Synonyms Corbicula aegyptiaca, Corbicula africana albertiana, Corbicula alba, Corbicula albida, Corbicula ambigua, Corbicula artini, Corbicula callipyga, Corbicula cameroni, Corbicula consobrina, Corbicula consobrina trigonula, Corbicula cor, Corbicula crassula, Corbicula cunningtoni, Corbicula degousei, Corbicula delessertiana, Corbicula difficilis, Corbicula doufilei, Corbicula feliciani, Corbicula ferghanensis, Corbicula ferhanensis, Corbicula fischeri, Corbicula fluminalis, Corbicula fluminalis consobrina, Corbicula fluminalis pusilla, Corbicula fluminalis var. aequilatera, Corbicula fluminalis var. amnicoides, Corbicula fluminalis var. crassula, Corbicula fluminalis var. holstiana, Corbicula fluminalis var. oxiana, Corbicula foai, Corbicula fuscata, Corbicula gravieriana, Corbicula hebraica, Corbicula heuglini, Corbicula hohenackeri, Corbicula inaequilateralis, Corbicula innesi, Corbicula jickeli, Corbicula jouberti, Corbicula kynganica, Corbicula lavigeriana, Corbicula meridionalis, Corbicula nilotica, Corbicula pequignoti, Corbicula pequignoti var. major, Corbicula pequignoti var. mauretanica, Corbicula purpurea, Corbicula pusilla, Corbicula pusilla var. ovalis, Corbicula radiata, Corbicula radiata edwardi, Corbicula radiata var. tanganyicensis, Corbicula saharica, Corbicula saulcyi, Corbicula soleilleti, Corbicula subtruncata, Corbicula subtruncata var. cyanea, Corbicula syriaca, Corbicula tanganikana, Corbicula thomasi, Corbicula tigridis, Corbicula triangularis, Corbicula vara, Cyclas euphratica, Cyrena consobrina, Cyrena cor, Cyrena crassula, Cyrena fluminalis, Cyrena fluminalis var. oxiana, Cyrena fuscata, Cyrena pusilla, Cyrena radiata, Cyrena saulcyi, Cyrena tigridis, Cyrena trigonula, Tellina fluminalis

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Asian clam

Corbicula fluminea

Cyrenidae

S

Shijimi

Corbicula japonica

CyrenidaeNo free photo yet

P

Purple-nacre clam

Corbicula largillierti

CyrenidaeNo free photo yet

G

Golden clam

Corbicula javanica

CyrenidaeNo free photo yet

A

African porcelain mussel

Corbicula africana

CyrenidaeNo free photo yet

A

Australian corbicula

Corbicula australis

CyrenidaeNo free photo yet

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@misc{corbicula_fluminalis_2026,
  title = {Asian clam (Corbicula fluminalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/corbicula-fluminalis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}