Specimen ID | 1398263 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Corbicula |
Species | fluminea |
Common Name | basket clam |
State | AZ |
County | Maricopa |
Locality | canal in back of Desert Plant Botanical Garden (Papago Park), Phoenix |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Lower Salt |
HUC8 Number | 15060106 |
HUC10 Name | Salt River below Saguaro Lake |
HUC10 Number | 1506010603 |
HUC12 Name | Salt River-Tempe Town Lake |
HUC12 Number | 150601060305 |
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Collection Day | 1 |
Collection Month | 6 |
Collection Year | 1956 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | unknown |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 29813 |
Author: | University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. |
Date: | 2017 |
Title: | Corbicula species specimen data (1953-2015). |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 12047 |
Author: | Dundee, D.S., and H.A. Dundee |
Date: | 1958 |
Title: | Extensions of known ranges of 4 Mollusks. |
Journal: | The Nautilus |
Volume: | 72 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 51-53 |
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Reference 3 |
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 |
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Comments | Collector or UMMZ identified this specimen as a Corbicula fluminalis. For simplicity, all Corbicula species are added under C. fluminea. Hundreds of dead found in dredge spoil piles along canal, a few were alive. |
Record Type | Specimen |
Disposal | preserved dry |
Museum Cat Number | UMMZ 197185 |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 19 |