Bivalvia

(mussels & clams)

Species reported
          from Texas:

Corbicula fluminea

1966 Metcalf

1971 Murray
1975 Coldiron
1976 Barnett
1976 Coldiron
1977 Britton & Murphy
1978 Baker
1979 Pool & McCullough

1982 Cambell & Clark
1982 Fontanier
1986 Slack Maceina Hoy
1987b Neck
1989a Neck
1989b Neck
1989 Ziser

1991 Whiteside & Arsuffi
1992 Miles
1992b TPWD
1992 Ziser
1994 Decanini
1994 Howells ds105
1995 Howells
1995 Howells ds119
1996 Howells ds125
1996 Hansen
1996 Howells et al
1996 Howells ds120
1997 Howells ds144
1998 Howells ds147
1998 Howells mds147
1999 City of Austin
1999 Howells ds161
1999 Howells & Ansley

2000 Halloran
2000 Howells
2000 Tolley2003 Moring
2004 Strenth Howells Correa-
         Sandoval
2005 Walther & Palma

notes

*entered US prior to 1938 from oriental waters, now established in most drainages in US (Coldiron 1975)
*an introduced semitropical genus with wide tolerances, and high reproductive capacity (Britton 1982)
*possibly introduced into Texas via live bait from Arkansas suppliers (Coldiron 1075)