Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51168
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateKY
CountyPowell
LocalityRed River, confluence of North and Middle forks
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Kentucky
HUC8 Number05100204
HUC10 NameUpper Red River
HUC10 Number0510020402
HUC12 NameIndian Creek-Red River
HUC12 Number051002040209
Map
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Collection Year1982
Year AccuracyPublication Year
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
Reference 2
Ref. Number:24057
Author:Branson, B.A., and D.L. Batch
Date:1982
Title:Molluscan distributional records from the Cumberland River, Kentucky.
Journal:The Veliger
Volume:24
Issue:4
Pages:351-354
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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