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title: "Asian Clam"
description: "Corbicula fluminea — Outros animais. Corbicula fluminea is a species of freshwater clam native to eastern Asia which has become a successful invasive species throughout the world, including North America, South America, Europe, and New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/asian-clam
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Asian Clam

> Corbicula fluminea — Outros animais. Corbicula fluminea is a species of freshwater clam native to eastern Asia which has become a successful invasive species throughout the world, including North America, South America, Europe, and New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Corbicula fluminea*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 31473
- Wikidata: [Q728187](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728187)
- iNaturalist taxon: [64006](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64006)

## Names

- en: Asian Clam
- de: Grobgerippte Körbchenmuschel
- es: Almeja canasta gruesa
- fr: Corbicule asiatique
- nl: Aziatische korfmossel

## Countries with the most observations

US (19634), DE (900), FR (867), IT (485), PT (428), MX (412), ES (299), AR (200), AT (150), CA (143), CH (138), BR (124)

## Summary

Corbicula fluminea is a species of freshwater clam native to eastern Asia which has become a successful invasive species throughout the world, including North America, South America, Europe, and New Zealand. It is native to freshwater environments of Eastern Asia, including Russia, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. C. fluminea also occurs naturally in freshwater environments of Africa. Corbicula fluminea is commonly known in the west as the Asian clam, Asiatic clam, or Asian gold clam. In Southeast Asia, C. fluminea is known as the golden clam, prosperity clam, pygmy clam, or good…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbicula_fluminea

## Photo

![Asian Clam](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-clam/medium.jpg)

Photo: nmacelko2 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246704565

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/asian-clam?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).