Specimen ID | 269551 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Corbicula |
Species | fluminea |
Common Name | basket clam |
Country | Canada |
State | QC |
Locality | St. Lawrence River near Becancour, Quebec, Canada |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Gulf of St. Lawrence - Eastern Scotian Shelf |
HUC8 Number | 32003700 |
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Collection Month | 7 |
Collection Year | 2009 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | unknown |
Status | extirpated |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 24024 |
Author: | Simard, M.A., A. Paquet, C. Jutras, Y. Robitaille, P.U. Blier, R. Courtois, and A.L. Martel |
Date: | 2012 |
Title: | North American range extension of the Asian clam in a St. Lawrence River power station thermal plume. |
Journal: | Aquatic Invasions |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 81-89 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 32411 |
Author: | Castaneda, R.A., E. Cvetanovska, K.M. Hamelin, M.A. Simard, and A. Ricciardi |
Date: | 2018 |
Title: | Distribution, abundance and condition of an invasive bivalve (Corbicula fluminea) along an artificial thermal gradient in the St. Lawrence River |
Journal: | Aquatic Invasions |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 379-392 |
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Comments | Collected in thermal discharge plume of the nuclear power plant Gentilly-2. The mussels survived confined to the plume. However, the population was extirpated when the plant permanently closed in December 2012. |
Record Type | Literature |
Verifier | Canadian Museum of Nature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 368/m2 |
Size | up to 25 mm |