Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Muller, 1774)

Marković, Vanja, Gojšina, Vukašin, Novaković, Boris, Božanić, Milenka, Stojanović, Katarina, Karan-Žnidaršič, Tamara & Živić, Ivana, 2021, The freshwater molluscs of Serbia: Annotated checklist with remarks on distribution and protection status, Zootaxa 5003 (1), pp. 1-64 : 33

66. Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Muller, 1774)

Findings in Serbia.

Corbicula fluminalis: Paunović et al. (2007 a, 2008 ); Vranković et al. (2010); Tomović et al. (2010b); Popović et al. (2013); Zorić et al. (2020).

Common name. Asian clam.

Morphology. Medium-sized bivalve. Shell is tumid and solid with a rounded triangular outline shape (dimensions are up to 20 mm in length, 22 mm in height and 18mm in depth). More details in Welter-Schultes (2012: 15, figure in the middle of the page).

Distribution and ecology. The native areas are Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. It is introduced to Europe and South America and nowadays spreading rapidly it is extending its range worldwide (Seddon & Van Damme 2016). The species lives in a range of substrates, preferring mostly fine sand. In Serbia, it is detected in fine sediment in the Danube and Sava Rivers.

Other remarks. The status of this worldwide present species is controversial. According to Korniushin (2004) Corbicula flumine a (O. F. Muller, 1774) and C. fluminalis are parthenogenetic clones of the same species or just two morphotypes. There are 114 nominal species known as synonyms ( Graf & Cummings 2021). On the IUCN Red List it has been assessed as LC (Seddon & Van Damme 2016).