Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID154517
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateNC
CountyWashington
LocalityRoanoke River, NE parcel of Game Land across from Rice Island, access by boat (Site_No 000809.6btw, Bachelor Bay Game Land Project)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Roanoke
HUC8 Number03010107
HUC10 NamePlymouth-Roanoke River
HUC10 Number0301010709
HUC12 NameTown of Plymouth-Roanoke River
HUC12 Number030101070903
Map
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Collection Day9
Collection Month8
Collection Year2000
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Title:Corbicula fluminea, Asian clam, in North Carolina and South Carolina, 1982-2001 (unpublished data).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. John Alderman, Aimee Fullerton, Brian Watson, and Judith Johnson supplied information.
Record TypeLiterature
VerifierB. T. Watson
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Specimen ImpactCommon abundance.


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