Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1635200
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateCO
CountyOtero
LocalityPurgatoire River at CO 109, about 17 mi SSE of La Junta and about 2 miles southeast of Higbee
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NamePurgatoire
HUC8 Number11020010
HUC10 NameJack Canyon-Purgatorie River
HUC10 Number1102001018
HUC12 NameSalt Arroyo-Purgatorie River
HUC12 Number110200101807
Map
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Collection Day11
Collection Month6
Collection Year2001
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 in ethanol
Museum Cat NumberUCM 44974
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected12 whole organism


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