Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID270734
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
CountryCanada
StateBC
LocalityHumpback Lakes, in Langford, Irwin Park, off Humpback Road, west of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameDungeness-Elwha
HUC8 Number17110020
HUC10 NameCanada
HUC10 Number1711002006
HUC12 NameCanada
HUC12 Number171100200605
Map
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Collection Day1
Collection Month3
Collection Year2008
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
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
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
CommentsFound 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 TypeSpecimen
Disposalpreserved dry
Museum Cat NumberRBCM 008-00017-001
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected15
Size1 - 5 cm


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