Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1529696
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTX
CountyGalveston
Localitybayou, Galveston, West Beach
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameWest Galveston Bay
HUC8 Number12040204
HUC10 NameDickinson Bayou
HUC10 Number1204020402
HUC12 NameDickinson Bayou
HUC12 Number120402040200
Map
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Collection Day12
Collection Month3
Collection Year1967
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:31529
Author:Petway, T.
Date:2018
Title:Corbicula (Asian clam) data from the Houston Museum of Natural Science
Publisher:Houston Museum of Natural Science
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 NumberHMNS.MAL.002794
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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