Mussels and clamsIn Greene County, Ohio

Asian Clam

Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Asian Clam in all of Ohio
Asian Clam (Corbicula fluminea)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Family
Cyrenidae
Genus
Corbicula

Introduced and invasive status

Introduced in Ohio: iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)

Also listed

  • Introduced and assessed as invasive in the lower 48 states

iNaturalist's volunteer curators list it as introduced in their Ohio checklist.

US-RIIS assesses a species as invasive when it causes, or is likely to cause, harm there, or is at least locally abundant and harmful ecologically, economically, or to health.

Status: Simpson A, Sellers E, Pagad S (2023). United States Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (US-RIIS), ver. 2.0. U.S. Geological Survey, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KFFTOD (opens in a new tab)

Near Greene County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 0 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (22)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (60)
  • Recorded, season not shown (6)
  • Season shown (0)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
Asian Clam by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Athens CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yet
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Butler County52 · Recorded, season not shown
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clermont CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Cuyahoga County22 · Recorded, season not shown
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Erie CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fayette CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Franklin County70 · Recorded, season not shown
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Greene County26 · Recorded, season not shown
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hamilton County37 · Recorded, season not shown
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Holmes CountyNo qualifying records yet
Huron CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jefferson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yet
Licking CountyNo qualifying records yet
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lucas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Marion CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Meigs CountyNo qualifying records yet
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Monroe CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Montgomery CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Muskingum CountyNo qualifying records yet
Noble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yet
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yet
Portage CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yet
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Seneca CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yet
Stark CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Summit County28 · Recorded, season not shown
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Union CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Washington CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wood CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wyandot CountyRecorded, too few records for a result

No mapped range from the range source used, the USGS Gap Analysis Project, which maps land vertebrates only.

Season

When it is recorded

In Greene County

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 26 records in 6 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Greene County · records of all species each week, 31,407 in all

Records per week from 26 records in 6 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Asian Clam in Greene County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Asian ClamYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–100097
Jan 11–170049
Jan 18–240037
Jan 25–311155
Feb 1–70082
Feb 8–141190
Feb 15–2141186
Feb 22–2821151
Mar 1–700124
Mar 8–1421238
Mar 15–2100299
Mar 22–2800338
Mar 29 – Apr 422561
Apr 5–1111537
Apr 12–1800738
Apr 19–2500793
Apr 26 – May 2221,090
May 3–900778
May 10–1611721
May 17–2300889
May 24–3000932
May 31 – Jun 600889
Jun 7–13001,186
Jun 14–20111,205
Jun 21–27001,059
Jun 28 – Jul 4001,150
Jul 5–11111,279
Jul 12–18001,164
Jul 19–25001,228
Jul 26 – Aug 1211,533
Aug 2–8001,324
Aug 9–15001,105
Aug 16–2200957
Aug 23–2900942
Aug 30 – Sep 500932
Sep 6–1200992
Sep 13–19111,194
Sep 20–2611870
Sep 27 – Oct 300677
Oct 4–1000614
Oct 11–1700533
Oct 18–2411305
Oct 25–3100307
Nov 1–711214
Nov 8–1400227
Nov 15–2100155
Nov 22–2811110
Nov 29 – Dec 50086
Dec 6–120036
Dec 13–190046
Dec 20–2611117
Dec 27 – Jan 200186

In Ohio

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 617 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 617 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Asian Clam in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Asian ClamYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10226,211
Jan 11–17535,146
Jan 18–24214,645
Jan 25–31114,698
Feb 1–7536,023
Feb 8–14925,888
Feb 15–21815,436
Feb 22–281056,846
Mar 1–7958,321
Mar 8–1412410,384
Mar 15–2112612,620
Mar 22–287513,949
Mar 29 – Apr 414419,661
Apr 5–1115626,860
Apr 12–1823739,925
Apr 19–2519541,623
Apr 26 – May 219656,391
May 3–918652,952
May 10–168353,785
May 17–238457,698
May 24–308454,651
May 31 – Jun 614753,099
Jun 7–1311553,700
Jun 14–2017656,625
Jun 21–2711555,361
Jun 28 – Jul 410458,477
Jul 5–1112661,336
Jul 12–1822564,722
Jul 19–2516869,753
Jul 26 – Aug 122759,416
Aug 2–815559,712
Aug 9–1513755,994
Aug 16–2214754,328
Aug 23–2911751,772
Aug 30 – Sep 515757,167
Sep 6–1223459,075
Sep 13–1918654,543
Sep 20–2618745,860
Sep 27 – Oct 312543,180
Oct 4–1022537,841
Oct 11–1720730,824
Oct 18–2421621,156
Oct 25–317519,021
Nov 1–78514,172
Nov 8–149612,621
Nov 15–21537,965
Nov 22–28438,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5526,083
Dec 6–12646,004
Dec 13–19845,423
Dec 20–26435,661
Dec 27 – Jan 21058,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha22 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed40%49%
Forest31%31%
Open water14%3%
Wetland7%5%
Grassland and shrub4%0.9%
Barren2%0.6%
Farmland2%11%

From 377 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

617 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.