Specimen Information

Eupera cubensis
(mottled fingernailclam)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Native Transplant

Specimen ID253743
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusEupera
Speciescubensis
Common Namemottled fingernailclam
StateIL
CountyCook
LocalityChicago Sanitary and Ship Canal [between Lemont and Willow Springs] 4000 feet upstream of Rt. 83 crossing
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameDes Plaines
HUC8 Number07120004
HUC10 NameChicago Sanitary and Ship Canal-Des Plaines River
HUC10 Number0712000407
HUC12 NameMaple Lake-Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
HUC12 Number071200040705
Map
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Collection Day28
Collection Month8
Collection Year2006
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
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
CommentsLive specimens.
Record TypeSpecimen
Museum Cat NumberINHS 32583
VerifierKevin Cummings, Illinois Natural History Survey
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected8


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