Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50553
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateAL
CountySumter
LocalityTombigbee River, below Demopolis Dam 2 miles E of McDowell
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMiddle Tombigbee-Chickasaw
HUC8 Number03160201
HUC10 NameTombigbee River-Cotahaga Creek
HUC10 Number0316020104
HUC12 NameHall Creek-Tombigbee River
HUC12 Number031602010401
Map
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Collection Day7
Collection Month11
Collection Year1965
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
Reference 3
Ref. Number:30132
Author:National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Date:2017
Title:Corbicula fluminea data from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
Record TypeSpecimen
Disposalpreserved dry
Museum Cat NumberMCZ 260899; USNM 670453
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1
Number Preserved1


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