Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51868
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTN
CountyKnox
LocalitySouth Fork Holston River, first island below US 11E above I-40 bridge, eastern outskirts of Knoxville
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameHolston
HUC8 Number06010104
HUC10 NameHolston River
HUC10 Number0601010403
HUC12 NameOutlet Holston River
HUC12 Number060101040308
Map
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Collection Day18
Collection Month8
Collection Year1973
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
DisposalAcad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
Museum Cat NumberANSP 335735
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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