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Asian clam, Prosperity clam, Asiatic clam, Golden Freshwater Clam

Corbicula fluminea

742Records since 2000
DecemberPeak month
15Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb17
Mar88
Apr41
May62
Jun56
Jul65
Aug33
Sep105
Oct76
Nov65
Dec122

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England65
2Nottinghamshire England51
3Gloucestershire England37
4Oxfordshire England28
5Cambridgeshire England21
6Suffolk England11
7Surrey England9
8Lincolnshire England9
9Cheshire East England6
10Kent England5
11York England2
12Nottingham England2
13Worcestershire England1
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland1
15Luton England1
723 England9 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
742
Peak month
December
Counties with records
15
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Corbicula fluminea
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
618
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Nottinghamshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Cyrenidae
Genus
Corbicula
Name with authority
Corbicula fluminea (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q728187 · GBIF 8190231