Check List 9(5): 1072-1074, doi: 10.15560/9.5.1072
Mollusca, Bivalvia, Corbiculidae, Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774): First record for the Caatinga biome, northeastern Brazil
expand article infoDaniel Oliveira Santana‡, Maria Julia Martins Silva§, Adriana Bocchiglieri‡, Silmara de Moraes Pantaleão‡, Renato Gomes Faria‡, Bruno Barros de Souza‡, Stéphanie Menezes Rocha‡, Laís Farias Oliveira Lima§
‡ Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil§ Universidade de Brasília, Brazil

Corresponding author: Daniel Santana ( danielbioufs@yahoo.com.br )

© 2017 Daniel Santana, Maria Julia Silva, Adriana Bocchiglieri, Silmara Pantaleão, Renato Faria, Bruno Souza, Stéphanie Rocha, Laís Lima.
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Citation: Santana D, Faria R, Rocha S, Silva M, Bocchiglieri A, Souza B, Pantaleão S, Lima L (2013) Mollusca, Bivalvia, Corbiculidae, Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774): First record for the Caatinga biome, northeastern Brazil. Check List 9(5): 1072-1074. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.5.1072
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Abstract
Corbicula fluminea is native mollusk from China. In Brazil, this species was first recorded in Rio Grande do Sul state in the late 70’s, being also recorded in the Amazonia basin between 1997 and 1998. The present note reports the occurrence of C. fluminea for the first time in the Caatinga biome and extends considerably the geographical distribution of this invading species in Brazil and consequently in South America. 
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