Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1468218
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateCA
CountySacramento
LocalitySacramento River, north of Rio Vista, east bank of
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Sacramento
HUC8 Number18020163
HUC10 NameSherman Lake-Sacramento River
HUC10 Number1802016307
HUC12 NameThreemile Slough-Sacramento River
HUC12 Number180201630703
Map
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Collection Day10
Collection Month7
Collection Year1978
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:31646
Author:Randklev, C.R.
Date:2018
Title:J.C. Britton Asian Clam (Corbicula fluminea) collection at Texas A&M University.
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
DisposalTexas A&M
Museum Cat NumberTCU 6097
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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