Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1468283
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTX
CountyTarrant
LocalityClear Fork of Trinity River at Bryant-Irvin Road, Ft. Worth
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower West Fork Trinity
HUC8 Number12030102
HUC10 NameLower Clear Fork Trinity River
HUC10 Number1203010203
HUC12 NameLake Como-Clear Fork Trinity River
HUC12 Number120301020307
Map
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Collection Day22
Collection Month4
Collection Year1976
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 3027
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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