Specimen ID | 270734 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Corbicula |
Species | fluminea |
Common Name | basket clam |
Country | Canada |
State | BC |
Locality | Humpback Lakes, in Langford, Irwin Park, off Humpback Road, west of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Dungeness-Elwha |
HUC8 Number | 17110020 |
HUC10 Name | Canada |
HUC10 Number | 1711002006 |
HUC12 Name | Canada |
HUC12 Number | 171100200605 |
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Collection Day | 1 |
Collection Month | 3 |
Collection Year | 2008 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | unknown |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 34283 |
Author: | Kirkendale, L., and J. Clare |
Date: | 2008 |
Title: | The Asiatic Clam (Corbicula fluminea) “Rediscovered” on Vancouver Island |
Journal: | The Victoria Naturalist |
Volume: | 65 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 12-16 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 28328 |
Author: | Kirkendale, L., and J. Clare. |
Date: | 2008 |
Title: | The Asiatic Clam (Corbicula fluminea) ‘rediscovered’ on Vancouver Island. |
Journal: | The Dredgings |
Volume: | 49 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 6-8 |
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Comments | Found in just one of the two manmade lakes. Live specimens. Many shells were exposed there as the water level dropped. Specimens were collected in 0.5 m water depth. |
Record Type | Specimen |
Disposal | preserved dry |
Museum Cat Number | RBCM 008-00017-001 |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 15 |
Size | 1 - 5 cm |