Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID52150
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateWA
CountyKlickitat
LocalityColumbia River, 0.8 km W of John Day Dam
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMiddle Columbia-Hood
HUC8 Number17070105
HUC10 NameSpanish Hollow-Columbia River
HUC10 Number1707010501
HUC12 NameHells Gate Canyon-Columbia River
HUC12 Number170701050103
Map
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Collection Day18
Collection Month8
Collection Year1974
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
DisposalNational Museum of Natural Sciences (Ottawa, Canada)
Museum Cat NumberNMNS 75130
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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