Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1635143
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateKY
CountyBullitt
LocalityFloyd Fork Salt River at Bullit County Rd. 1526E, 2.7 mi northeast of Gap-In-Knob
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSalt
HUC8 Number05140102
HUC10 NameLower Floyds Fork
HUC10 Number0514010210
HUC12 NameWells Run-Floyds Fork
HUC12 Number051401021004
Map
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Collection Day25
Collection Month7
Collection Year1980
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaydispersed | hitch hiker
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:34104
Author:Elder, L.
Date:2020
Title:Corbicula (Asian clam) data.
Publisher:University of Colorado Museum
Record TypeSpecimen
Disposalpreserved dry
Museum Cat NumberUCM 30654
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected35 valve


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