Colonization of the German part of the river Rhine by the Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea Müller, 1774 (Pelecypoda, Corbiculidae)

Abstract

The freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774), new to the aquatic fauna of the Federal Republic of Germany, is recorded for the first time on four localities in the German part of the River Rhine.