Specimen Information

Corbicula fluminea
Corbicula fluminea
(basket clam)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Exotic
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Specimen ID154106
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateIL
CountyKankakee
LocalityKankakee River (Illinois River Drainage) Aroma Park
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameKankakee
HUC8 Number07120001
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Collection Day15
Collection Month4
Collection Year2000
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:24058
Author:Illinois Natural History Survey.
Date:2002
Title:Mollusk records from collections of the Illinois Natural History Museum (unpublished data).
Record TypeLiterature
DisposalIllinois Natural History Survey
Museum Cat NumberINHS 24397
VerifierK. S. Cummings
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1
Specimen ImpactNumber dead was >100.

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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [4/23/2024].

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