Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID154110
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateFL
CountyHillsborough
LocalityFDEP ditch, Tampa, 3804 Coconut Palm Dr.
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameTampa Bay
HUC8 Number03100206
HUC10 NameLower Hillsborough River-Delaney Creek Frontal
HUC10 Number0310020603
HUC12 NamePalm River
HUC12 Number031002060301
Map
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Collection Day2
Collection Month11
Collection Year1998
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Title:Mollusk records from collections of the Illinois Natural History Museum (unpublished data).
Comments(small tributary to the bypass canal, controlled impoundment of the Old Palm River) in central Tampa, adjacent to FL DEP offices
Record TypeLiterature
DisposalIllinois Natural History Survey
Museum Cat NumberINHS 24499
VerifierK. S. Cummings
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected3
Specimen Impact3 Live, 3 Soft Parts.


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