Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID154464
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateNC
CountyNorthampton
LocalityRoanoke River, NC 48 (Site_No 830705.2010ahc, Clarke Project)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Roanoke
HUC8 Number03010107
HUC10 NameQuankey Creek-Roanoke River
HUC10 Number0301010701
HUC12 NameCity of Roanoke Rapids-Roanoke River
HUC12 Number030101070101
Map
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Collection Day5
Collection Month7
Collection Year1983
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:24051
Author:John Alderman, Aimee Fullerton, Brian Watson, and Judith Johnson.
Date:2002
Title:Corbicula fluminea, Asian clam, in North Carolina and South Carolina, 1982-2001 (unpublished data).
Publisher:North Carolina Wildife Resources Commission
CommentsRecord from NCWRC database. John Alderman, Aimee Fullerton, Brian Watson, and Judith Johnson supplied information.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected50
Specimen Impact50 shells observed.


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