Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID154410
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateMD
CountyCecil
LocalityOctoraro Creek (Susquehanna River basin, Subbasin Lower Susquehanna River, Site OCTO 6.6)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Susquehanna
HUC8 Number02050306
HUC10 NameOctoraro Creek
HUC10 Number0205030615
HUC12 NameTweed Creek-Octoraro Creek
HUC12 Number020503061502
Map
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Collection Year1999
Year AccuracyEstimated
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:15935
Author:Hoffman, Jennifer.
Date:2002
Title:Corbicula sp. in the Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and New York (unpublished data).
Publisher:Susquehanna River Basin Commission.
CommentsRecord from Jen Hoffman, Aquatic Ecologist, SRBC.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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