Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1635220
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateCO
CountyJefferson
LocalitySouth Platte River, at Chatfield Reservoir
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper South Platte
HUC8 Number10190002
HUC10 NameChatfield Reservoir-South Platte River
HUC10 Number1019000207
HUC12 NameChatfield Reservoir
HUC12 Number101900020703
Map
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Collection Day18
Collection Month9
Collection Year2006
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 47583
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected5 whole organism


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