| Specimen ID | 269551 |
| Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
| Genus | Corbicula |
| Species | fluminea |
| Common Name | freshwater golden clam |
| Country | Canada |
| State | QC |
| Locality | St. Lawrence River near Becancour, Quebec, Canada |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Gulf of St. Lawrence - Eastern Scotian Shelf |
| HUC8 Number | 32003700 |
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| Collection Month | 7 |
| Collection Year | 2009 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | unknown |
| Status | extirpated |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 24024 |
| Author: | Simard, M.A., A. Paquet, C. Jutras, Y. Robitaille, P.U. Blier, R. Courtois, and A.L. Martel |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Title: | North American range extension of the Asian clam in a St. Lawrence River power station thermal plume. |
| Journal: | Aquatic Invasions |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 81-89 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 32411 |
| Author: | Castaneda, R.A., E. Cvetanovska, K.M. Hamelin, M.A. Simard, and A. Ricciardi |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Title: | Distribution, abundance and condition of an invasive bivalve (Corbicula fluminea) along an artificial thermal gradient in the St. Lawrence River |
| Journal: | Aquatic Invasions |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 379-392 |
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| Comments | Collected in thermal discharge plume of the nuclear power plant Gentilly-2. The mussels survived confined to the plume. However, the population was extirpated when the plant permanently closed in December 2012. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Verifier | Canadian Museum of Nature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 368/m2 |
| Size | up to 25 mm |
