Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50511
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateAL
CountyMobile
LocalityMobile River, Chastang Bluff
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMobile-Tensaw
HUC8 Number03160204
HUC10 NameCedar Creek-Tensaw River
HUC10 Number0316020401
HUC12 NameBig Chippewa Lake
HUC12 Number031602040106
Map
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Collection Month5
Collection Year1962
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:29818
Author:Hubricht, L.
Date:1966
Title:Corbicula manilensis (Philippi) in the Alabama River system.
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:80
Issue:1
Pages:32-33
Reference 2
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 TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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