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Species
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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Other Physical Features: ectothermic ; bilateral symmetry
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The Asiatic clam prefers a lake or stream that has a a sandy or gravel substrate. However, they are also located underneath large boulders and in soft silts of deepwater lakes. The clam thrives better in fast flowing waters because the currents supply a constant source of the particulate food that the clam consumes.
Aquatic Biomes: lakes and ponds; rivers and streams
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Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Reasons: This species is widespread and has invaded many countries globally.
Environmental Specificity: Broad. Generalist or community with all key requirements common.
Comments: This species can survive in almost any freshwater environment, including brackish and estuarine waters, that is permanent (Carlton, 1992). In a study of the relationships of 12 environmental variables to density oand biomass of Corbicula fluminea, higher density and biomass were found to be correlated to where substrate was > 40% fine sand, < 45% silt, and < 8% organic content (Cooper, 2007).
Melanoides tuberculata has a very broad distribution. It is found in northern and southern Africa; eastern Mediterranean countries, the entire Arabian Peninsula (except in the Empty Quarter), south and southeast Asia (including numerous records from Bangladesh, Nepal and from much of India), southern China (including records from Hong Kong and Hainan), Japan, Malaysia, and northern Australia (Yueying Liu 1979, Brown 1994, Ramakrishna and Dey 2007). It was introduced to the Americas. It is distributed throughout India except Kashmir.
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Freshwater
- Marine
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Population
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Freshwater
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Freshwater
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