Specimen ID | 154671 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Corbicula |
Species | fluminea |
Common Name | basket clam |
State | PA |
County | Northampton |
Locality | Delaware River, upstream of Columbia, at river mile 207.9 |
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 freshwater mussel survey was conducted 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 in this area. The first C. fluminea shell was found just below the Delaware Water Gap (Specimen ID # 154670) and the first live C. fluminea found is this record. Future surveys will be conducted. |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |