Specimen ID | 154670 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Corbicula |
Species | fluminea |
Common Name | basket clam |
State | NJ |
County | Warren |
Locality | Delaware River, just below the Delaware Water Gap at River Mile 209.8 |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Middle Delaware-Musconetcong |
HUC8 Number | 02040105 |
HUC10 Name | Upper Delaware River |
HUC10 Number | 0204010506 |
HUC12 Name | Allegheny Creek-Delaware River |
HUC12 Number | 020401050601 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 2001 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released bait |
Status | established |
Comments | A continuous freshwater mussel survey was done summer 2001 on a 125 mi stretch of the Upper Delaware River starting at Hancock, NY (beginning of mainstem Delaware), ending at Columbia, NJ. No zebra mussels were found. The first Corbicula shell was found at this site. Future surveys will be done on adjacent areas. |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |