Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1468279
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTX
CountyDallas
LocalityNorth Lake Reservoir (from cooling water intake at Dallas Power and Light Generating station on lake)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameElm Fork Trinity
HUC8 Number12030103
HUC10 NameTimber Creek-Elm Fork Trinity River
HUC10 Number1203010310
HUC12 NameGrapevine Creek-Elm Fork Trinity River
HUC12 Number120301031004
Map
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Collection Day7
Collection Month6
Collection Year1975
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:24839
Author:O'Kane, K.D., J.C. Britton, and D.R. Coldiron
Date:1977
Title:New distributional records of Corbicula manilensis (Pelecypoda: Corbiculidae) in the south central United States.
Journal:The Southwestern Naturalist
Volume:22
Issue:3
Pages:397-400
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
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalTexas A&M
Museum Cat NumberTCU 3025
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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