Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1435879
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateAR
CountyFulton
LocalitySouth Fork of Spring River, 1.4 mi. WSW of Saddle, Sec.31, T20N, R6W, approx. 200 yards below concrete slab low-water bridge
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSpring
HUC8 Number11010010
HUC10 NameSouth Fork Spring River
HUC10 Number1101001003
HUC12 NameWild Horse Creek-South Fork Spring River
HUC12 Number110100100307
Map
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Collection Day31
Collection Month7
Collection Year1980
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:30951
Author:Gerber, Jochen.
Date:2017
Title:Corbicula records from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalField Museum of Natural History
Museum Cat NumberFMNH 352121
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected2


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