#4606 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Asian Clam
🇳🇱 Aziatische korfmossel ·Corbicula fluminea
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what is it?
Corbicula fluminea is a species of freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Cyrenidae. This species is often confused with Corbicula fluminalis due to the two species' similar colour and texture.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 115 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #38 most seen of the snails, slugs & other molluscs in NL.
- 32,173 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1774 (252 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Asian Clam
- Nederlands
- Aziatische korfmossel
- scientific name
- Corbicula fluminea
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Venerida
- family
- Cyrenidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 115
- sightings in Europe
- 4,150
- sightings worldwide
- 32,173
- GBIF records in NL
- 8,072
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1774 by Otto Friedrich Müller
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cyrenidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 64006, Wikidata Q728187, GBIF 8190231, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.