Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50509
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateAL
CountyBlount
LocalityLocust Fork, 3.2 km N of Cleveland
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLocust
HUC8 Number03160111
HUC10 NameUpper Locust Fork
HUC10 Number0316011102
HUC12 NameBig Scirum Creek
HUC12 Number031601110208
Map
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Collection Day15
Collection Month8
Collection Year1966
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1355
Author:Counts III, C.L.
Date:1991
Title:Corbicula (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) Part 1. Catalog of fossil and recent nominal species. Part 2. Compendium of zoogeographic records of North America and Hawaii, 1924-1984.
Journal:Tryonia
Volume:21
Pages:1-134
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalNational Museum of Natural Sciences (Ottawa, Canada)
Museum Cat NumberNMNS 65722, 85421
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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