Asian Clam
Corbicula fluminea
Mollusca
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 1-5 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Filter Feeder
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Social
- Colony
- Biome
- Freshwater river
- Range
- East Asia
- Movement
- Burrowing
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Common
About
A small freshwater bivalve native to Asia that has spread across rivers and lakes worldwide, often outcompeting native species. It filters water so efficiently that a single clam can clean up to a litre of water per hour.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult shell size or body length.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Venerida
- Family
- Cyrenidae
- Genus
- Corbicula
- Species
- Corbicula fluminea