Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1396084
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateNY
CountyCayuga
LocalityOwasco Lake, near Auburn at Melrose Park
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSeneca
HUC8 Number04140201
HUC10 NameOwasco Lake
HUC10 Number0414020113
HUC12 NameOwasco Lake
HUC12 Number041402011305
Map
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Collection Month8
Collection Year2010
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:28820
Author:Karatayev, A.Y., S.E. Mastitsky, L.E. Burlakova, V.A. Karatayev, M.M. Hajduk and D.B. Conn
Date:2012
Title:Exotic molluscs in the Great Lakes host epizootically important trematodes.
Journal:Journal of Shellfish Research
Volume:31
Issue:3
Pages:885-894
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected33


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