I dug up some shells by the river. Put it in a basin. Can you feed it? How big can it grow?

Corbicula fluminea should be caught and kept in a basin. Without food, it's easy to starve to death, usually not for a week. It's best to put some aquatic plants in it.

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The shell of Corbicula fluminea in China is about 40 mm long and 30 mm high. The shell is thick and hard, slightly triangular and slightly symmetrical on both sides. The shell surface is yellow-green, dark brown and black with luster, and the inner surface of the shell is lavender, bright purple and porcelain luster. Habitat in rivers and lakes. Edible, can also be used as bait for fish and poultry, and can also be used as farmland fertilizer.

Corbicula fluminea reaches maturity after three months and can breed all year round. The most full gonad period is May-August, and the peak reproductive period is May-June. The life span of Corbicula fluminea is about 5 years, and the best harvesting and utilization period is l ~ 2 years old. It takes more than 3 years to make the shell of handicrafts. Corbicula fluminea inhabits rivers, lakes, ditches, ponds and estuaries, and mainly takes sand, sand mud or silt as the substrate. Living in caves in underwater camps, larvae inhabit the depth of 10-20mm, and the largest can live in seclusion for 20-200mm, with a maximum distribution of 20-50 mm. Feeding on plankton (such as diatoms, green algae, euglena, rotifers, etc.) filtered by gills. ) is a passive feeding method. Corbicula fluminea is hermaphroditic, but some hermaphroditic individuals are also found. The breeding season of Corbicula fluminea in Fujian is from May to August every year, when a large amount of white mucus appears at the bottom of the river bed. After the floating life of Corbicula fluminea larvae ends, they sink to the bottom of the water for 15-30 days, and then grow into a 2 mm Corbicula fluminea in about 1 month, which can grow to 10 mm in 3 months, and the life span of Corbicula fluminea is about 5 years.