Specimen Information

Corbicula fluminea
Corbicula fluminea
(basket clam)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Exotic

Specimen ID1732350
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
CountryCanada
StateQC
Localitydownstream of the Gentilly-2 nuclear power plant (G2NPP) on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River near Be´cancour, Quebec
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
Map
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Collection Year2011
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:43067
Author:Hamelin, K.M., Castaneda, R.A., and A. Ricciardi
Date:2016
Title:Cryptic invaders: nonindigenous and cryptogenic freshwater Bryozoa and Entoprocta in the St. Lawrence River
Journal:Biological Invasions
Volume:18
Pages:1737-1744
Commentsshells reported as 'common'
Record TypeLiterature


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