Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50472
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateAL
CountyTuscaloosa
LocalityBlack Warrior River, below Bankhead Dam
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Black Warrior
HUC8 Number03160112
HUC10 NameBig Yellow Creek-Black Warrior River
HUC10 Number0316011202
HUC12 NameShoal Creek-Black Warrior River
HUC12 Number031601120203
Map
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Collection Day27
Collection Month5
Collection Year1967
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1355
Author:Counts III, C.L.
Date:1991
Title:Corbicula (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) Part 1. Catalog of fossil and recent nominal species. Part 2. Compendium of zoogeographic records of North America and Hawaii, 1924-1984.
Journal:Tryonia
Volume:21
Pages:1-134
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalField Museum, Chicago
Museum Cat NumberFMNH 156084
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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