Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1464724
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateCA
CountySacramento
LocalityDelta-Mendota Canal, near Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSuisun Bay
HUC8 Number18050001
HUC10 NameSuisun Bay
HUC10 Number1805000104
HUC12 NameSuisun Bay
HUC12 Number180500010403
Map
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Collection Day31
Collection Month10
Collection Year1974
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:31536
Author:Shea, E.
Date:2018
Title:Corbicula data from the Delaware 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
Record TypeSpecimen
Disposalpreserved dry
Museum Cat NumberDMNH 98352
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected16


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