Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1464733
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateDE
CountyNew Castle
LocalityBrandywine Creek State Park, Thompson's Bridge, c.8 km N of Wilmington
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBrandywine-Christina
HUC8 Number02040205
HUC10 NameBrandywine Creek
HUC10 Number0204020504
HUC12 NameMiddle Brandywine Creek
HUC12 Number020402050402
Map
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Collection Day4
Collection Month1
Collection Year1997
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 207009
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected6


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