Asian Basket Clam
Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Bivalvia |
| Order | Venerida |
| Family | Cyrenidae |
| Genus | Corbicula |
| Species | Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from four counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Florida
Counties
- Alabama
- Jackson
- Florida
- Columbia, Lafayette, Suwannee
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2012.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- NNA
- United States
- NNA
Subnational ranks
- Quebec
- SNA Not Applicable
- British Columbia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Ontario
- SNA Not Applicable
- Pennsylvania
- SNA Not Applicable
- DE
- SNA Not Applicable
- South Carolina
- SNA Not Applicable
- Illinois
- SNA Not Applicable
- Vermont
- SNA Not Applicable
- Montana
- SNA Not Applicable
- Texas
- SNA Not Applicable
- New York
- SNA Not Applicable
- Kentucky
- SNA Not Applicable
- Wisconsin
- SNA Not Applicable
- Wyoming
- SNA Not Applicable
- Michigan
- SNA Not Applicable
- Mississippi
- SNA Not Applicable
- Arkansas
- SNA Not Applicable
- Minnesota
- SNA Not Applicable
- Maryland
- SNA Not Applicable
- Connecticut
- SNA Not Applicable
- Virginia
- SNA Not Applicable
- District of Columbia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Georgia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Louisiana
- SNA Not Applicable
- Washington
- SNA Not Applicable
- Oklahoma
- SNA Not Applicable
- Alabama
- SNA Not Applicable
- RI
- SNA Not Applicable
- NJ
- SNA Not Applicable
- Idaho
- SNA Not Applicable
- Massachusetts
- SNA Not Applicable
- West Virginia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Utah
- SNA Not Applicable
- Iowa
- SNA Not Applicable
- Hawaii
- SNA Not Applicable
- Colorado
- SNA Not Applicable
- Missouri
- SNA Not Applicable
- Kansas
- SNA Not Applicable
- NE
- SNA Not Applicable
- Arizona
- SNA Not Applicable
- Indiana
- SNA Not Applicable
- North Carolina
- SNA Not Applicable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- McGregor, S.W., Rheams, K.F., O'Neil, P.E., Moser, P.H. & Blackwood, R. 1994. Biological, geological, and hydrological investigations in Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and other selected caves in north Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. 226 pp.
- McGregor, S.W., O'Neil, P.E., Rheams, K.F., Moser, P.H. & Blackwood, R. 1997. Biological, geological, and hydrological investigations in Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and other selected caves in north Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama Bulletin 166: 1–198.
- Streever, W.J. 1992. Report of a cave fauna kill at Peacock Springs Cave System, Suwannee County, Florida. Florida Scientist 55: 125–128. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24320493.
- Streever, W.J. 1992. First record of Corbicula clams within flooded cave systems. Florida Scientist 55: 35–37. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24320473.
How to cite this account
Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2320. https://cavebiology.org/species/corbicula-fluminea/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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