Corbicula australis

Little Basket Shells at Yass, NSW

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Identification history

	Corbicula australis	3 Feb 2025	Michael123
	Unverified	1 Feb 2025	Coggo

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Was only at the site for a few minutes to collect water samples, so probably many more than what I saw. A week prior, I saw something similar, but smaller in Cooma Creek near bunyan. Worried about Golden clam or similar alien species.

2 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

2 Feb 2025

This is not the invasive Golden Clam I think it may be the closely related Australian species Corbicula australis @Michael123 can you please confirm this.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

3 Feb 2025

Thanks Michael much appreciated

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Location information

Coordinates 148.884426 -34.839463
Places Yass, NSW

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
6 Jan 2025 04:35 PM Recorded on
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Coggo NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Molluscs (Mollusca) Other Invertebrates

Species information

Corbicula australis Scientific name
Little Basket Shells Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 558.58m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania