Corbicula fluminea

Basic information
Scientific name	Corbicula fluminea	Click to magnify
Common names	Asian clam, Prosperity clam
Higher taxon	Corbiculidae, Veneroida, Bivalvia, Mollusca
Natural range	SE China, Taiwan, Korean Peninsula, Russia
Habitat	Lakes.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Almost entire Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu
Origin	Unknown.
Date	1980s.
Route	Deliberate: possibly originate from imported clams for aquaculture.
Impact	Competition, hybridization against native species. harmful to some human environment. Nutrient enrichment. Carrying other invasive molluscs such as golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) and muldsnail (Potemopyrgus antipodarum). Native organism(s) affected: Native clams.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	N & S America, Europe, Australia

Reference

Notes

Ecol Soc Jpn (ed) (2002) Handbook of Alien Species in Japan. Chijinshokan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Morgan et al. (2003) Population dynamics of the asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea (Muller) in the Lower Connecticut River: Establishing a foothold in New England. J Shellfish Res. 22(1), 193-203
Nishi (2005) Records of freshwater clam Corbicula fluminea from Tamagawa River. Nat Hist Rep Kanagawa. 26, 109-110 (in Jpn)
Sonohara (2005) Invasion of Corbicula fluminea into the Sagami river system and taxonomical change of subfamily Corbiculinae. Actinia. 16, 11-19 (in Jpn)
Otani (2004) Introduced marine organisms in Japanese coastal waters, and the processes involved in their entry. Jpn J Benthol. 59, 45-57 (in Jpn with English abstract)