Specimen Information

Corbicula fluminea
Corbicula fluminea
(freshwater golden clam)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Exotic
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Specimen ID281333
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namefreshwater golden clam
StateAZ
CountyMohave
LocalityVirgin River at BLM Virgin River Recreation Site
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Virgin
HUC8 Number15010010
HUC10 NameBlack Rock Gulch-Virgin River
HUC10 Number1501001003
HUC12 NameMountain Sheep Wash-Virgin River
HUC12 Number150100100309
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Collection Day31
Collection Month7
Collection Year2004
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:24197
Author:Utah State University Bug Lab.
Date:2004
Title:Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea, data in western states, 1997-2004 (unpublished data).
Publisher:Utah State University
Pages:100 rows
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1

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