Specimen ID | 279567 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Corbicula |
Species | fluminea |
Common Name | basket clam |
Country | Canada |
State | BC |
Locality | unspecified water body in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Puget Trough/Georgia Basin |
HUC8 Number | 32505600 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 24 |
Collection Month | 2 |
Collection Year | 1924 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | unknown |
Status | failed |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 23847 |
Author: | Counts III, C.L. |
Date: | 1981 |
Title: | Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Sphaeriacea) in British Columbia. |
Journal: | The Nautilus |
Volume: | 95 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 12-13 |
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Comments | Based on empty shells only. Found "Dead on beach." There is no record of living specimens at the site at that time. May have simply been discarded there by fishermen. |
Record Type | Literature |
Disposal | preserved dry |
Museum Cat Number | USNM 363020 |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 6 valves |