Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1635158
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateCA
CountySan Diego
LocalitySan Luis Ray River at Old 395 Road, 14.2 miles south of Temecula
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSan Luis Rey-Escondido
HUC8 Number18070303
HUC10 NameMiddle San Luis Rey River
HUC10 Number1807030302
HUC12 NameRice Canyon-San Luis Rey River
HUC12 Number180703030205
Map
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Collection Day21
Collection Month6
Collection Year1987
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 33834
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1 whole organism


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