Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID645743
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTX
CountyPolk
LocalityLong King Creek, at FM 2989 (Trinity R. tributary)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Trinity-Kickapoo
HUC8 Number12030202
HUC10 NameLong King Creek
HUC10 Number1203020210
HUC12 NameSanson Creek-Long King Creek
HUC12 Number120302021006
Map
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Collection Day12
Collection Month7
Collection Year1993
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:26944
Author:Howells, R.G.
Date:2003
Title:Corbicula fluminea data from Texas, 1976-2003 (unpublished data).
Publisher:Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Commentssource for this record in this dataset: Howells 1995. Other field notes: omitted in Howells 2001a. Best specimen condition: very recently dead.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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