ASIAN CLAM
Asian
Clam: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/mollusks/docs/co_flumi.html
This site discusses the identification, native
range, means, and impact of introduction
Asian
Clam: Florida Caribbean Science Center & U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.fcsc.usgs.gov/corbicula3.pdf
This information bulletin includes the identification, native
range, life history, habitat, occurrences, impacts, and control and management.
Asian
Clam (Corbicula fluminea) in the Gulf of Mexico Region
http://www.gsmfc.org/nis/nis/Corbicula_fluminea.html
This site provides information regarding Asian clam including
its features, biology, maximum size, distribution, current status of this
species in the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems, potential impacts, and references.
Asian
Clam: Illinois Natural History Survey Mollusk Collection
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/musselmanual/page174_5.html
This site introduces key
characters, description, habitat, and status.
Invertebrate
Anatomy: Corbicula fluminea: Department of Biology, Lander University
http://www.lander.edu/rsfox/corbicula.html
This page provides very detailed descriptions about this
species (e.g., Shell, Soft Anatomy,
Mantle and mantle cavity, etc.)
Asiatic
Clam, Corbicula fluminea:
Ecology Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
http://www.pnl.gov/ecology/Rivers/Aquarium/Clam.html
This site shows life history of the Asian Clam, and explain
how to raise and feed this clam in the classroom with figures.
Asian
Clam: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Zebra Mussel
Information System
http://www.wes.army.mil/el/zebra/zmis/zmishelp4/corbicula_fluminea_the_asian_clam_larva.htm
This page includes very detailed species description with
good figures.
Invasion
of Corbicula Fluminea, the Asiatic Clam, into the Norfolk Broads: Aquatic
Ecology Group, Cambridge University
http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/aldridge/corbicula.html
This site introduces Stephan Mueller's field trip story
related to the Asiatic clam.