Specimen ID | 253743 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Eupera |
Species | cubensis |
Common Name | mottled fingernailclam |
State | IL |
County | Cook |
Locality | Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal [between Lemont and Willow Springs] 4000 feet upstream of Rt. 83 crossing |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Des Plaines |
HUC8 Number | 07120004 |
HUC10 Name | Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal-Des Plaines River |
HUC10 Number | 0712000407 |
HUC12 Name | Maple Lake-Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal |
HUC12 Number | 071200040705 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 28 |
Collection Month | 8 |
Collection Year | 2006 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | unknown |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 18903 |
Author: | Sneen, M.E., K.S. Cummings, T. Minarik, Jr., and J. Wasik |
Date: | 2009 |
Title: | The discovery of the nonindigenous, mottled fingernail clam, Eupera cubensis, (Prime, 1865) (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae) in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (Illinois River Drainage), Cook County, Illinois. |
Journal: | Journal of Great Lakes Research |
Volume: | 35 |
Pages: | 627-629 |
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Comments | Live specimens. |
Record Type | Specimen |
Museum Cat Number | INHS 32583 |
Verifier | Kevin Cummings, Illinois Natural History Survey |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 8 |