Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1256929
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateFL
CountyPalm Beach
LocalityLake Okeechobee, Kreamer Island, 7 mi NW Belle Glade
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLake Okeechobee
HUC8 Number03090201
HUC10 NameLake Okeechobee
HUC10 Number0309020102
HUC12 NameLake Okeechobee
HUC12 Number030902010200
Map
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Collection Day28
Collection Month7
Collection Year1981
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:28729
Author:Slapcinski, J.
Date:2014
Title:Corbicula fluminea data from the Florida Museum of Natural History collection.
Publisher:Florida Museum of Natural History
Reference 2
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
CommentsIdentified as Corbicula sp. at museum.
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalFLMNH
Museum Cat NumberUF 036579
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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