Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00080
Freshwater Golden Clam
Corbicula fluminea
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About Freshwater Golden Clam
An introduced Asian freshwater clam also called the Asiatic Clam. Hawaiʻi agency and museum accounts document Kauaʻi occurrence; the different common names refer to the same retained Corbicula fluminea identity.
Occurrence evidence
Christensen (2016, Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 118) explicitly reports Corbicula fluminea from Kauaʻi and cites Kauaʻi distribution/abundance work; multiple Hawaiʻi Watershed Atlas PDFs record it in Kauaʻi watersheds; iNaturalist RG observations 171336488 (Hanalei, 2023) and 342480298 (Princeville, 2026) are precisely island-georeferenced.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Corbicula fluminea
- Common names
- Freshwater golden clam · Asiatic clam · Asian clam
- Family
- Cyrenidae
- Order
- Venerida
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Current established alien/invasive, with 2023 and 2026 observations and agency watershed records.
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-01
- Evidence limits
- Evidence is bounded to the source events and dates; current population size, island-wide distribution, and persistence at historical sites have not been established. Candidate photograph397947273 is excluded pending identity review; no replacement taxon is assigned.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Freshwater and estuarine
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- An introduced Asian freshwater clam also called the Asiatic Clam. Hawaiʻi agency and museum accounts document Kauaʻi occurrence; the different common names refer to the same retained Corbicula fluminea identity.