Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 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 : 33-34

67. Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Findings in Serbia.

Corbicula fluminea: Zorić et al. (2010, 2011 , 2020), Tomović et al. (2010b, 2012, 2014); Raković (2015), Paunović et al. (2005, 2007 a, 2007 b, 2008, 2010, 2012 a, 2015); Marković et al. (2011, 2015); Vranković et al. (2010); Martinović-Vitanović et al. (2013); Lucić et al. (2015); Vranković (2015).

Common name. Golden freshwater clam

Morphology. Medium-sized bivalves. Shell is tumid and solid with a rounded triangular outline shape. The typical dimensions are 20–36 mm in length, 20–33 mm in height, and 14–22 mm in depth. For more details see Welter-Schultes (2012: 15, figure at the bottom of the page).

Distribution and ecology. This species is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Malaysian Archipelago, the Philippines, New Guinea and Eastern Australia ( Morton 1986), but has become widely dispersed into Europe and North America. It has similar habitat requirements as C. fluminalis . It is quite common in Serbia and could be found in large, potamon type rivers. the Danube, Tisza, Sava and Velika Morava Rivers, in reservoirs and canals.

Other remarks. Invasive species ranked as 82 nd, out of 149 species, in the “List of the worst alien species for Europe” ( Nentwig et al. 2018). A total of 68 nominal species are known as synonyms ( Graf & Cummings 2021). It has been assessed as LC on the IUCN Red List ( Aldridge et al. 2012).

Order Sphaeriida Lemer, Bieler & Giribet, 2019