Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Mller, 1774)
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The Asiatic clam is found throughout Asia, North and South America, Europe and parts of Africa. The clam occurs primarily in streams south of 40 degrees latitude in the northern hemisphere.
Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native ); palearctic (Native ); oriental (Native ); neotropical (Native )
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The species is native to southern and eastern Asia (eastern Russia, Thailand, Philippines, China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan) but has been very widely introduced. This species has been introduced to several parts of Africa, North America and throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. It is considered one of the worst invaders of aquatic ecosystems. Brandt (1974) reported this species in Thailand from the Chao Praya River and some tributaries.
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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 13 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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The clam creates a problem for power plants by blocking the ventalation systems and the water intake valves. Combined costs of outages, reductions in efficiency, capital investment in equipment, labor and chemical control, exceed 1 billion annually.
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The type locality for this species is the estuary of the Artemovka River, Primorski, Russia. The distribution of this species includes southeast Siberia, southern Primorski and 'the south of the Russian Far East' (Lindholm 1928, Bogatov and Starobogatov 1994, Kantor et al. 2009). It is also found in Korea (Graf and Kummings 2011).
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 15
Specimens with Barcodes: 18
Species With Barcodes: 1
The Asiatic clam is a major source of food and is harvested by humans throughout the world. The clam, when removed from its shell, also makes good fishbait.
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occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
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Historically, wild populations of the Asiatic clam were exploited and harvested, to the extent that , locally, the clams once faced endangerment or extinction. Today, the clam thrives throughout the world.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: no special status
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Canada
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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