Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1544046
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateWA
CountyKing
LocalitySammamish Lake, at East shore, confluence of Laughing Jacobs Creek north to Weber Point
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLake Washington
HUC8 Number17110012
HUC10 NameLake Sammamish
HUC10 Number1711001202
HUC12 NameLake Sammamish-Sammamish River
HUC12 Number171100120202
Map
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Collection Day13
Collection Month12
Collection Year2011
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown | released for food | released bait
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:32869
Author:Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Date:2019
Title:Summary of confirmed historical Corbicula records in Washington (unpublished data).
Publisher:Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
CommentsObserved while conducting SCUBA survey for kokanee redds
Record TypeLiterature
VerifierWDFW Schultz
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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