Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50569
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateAZ
CountyMohave
LocalityColorado River, near Temple Bar, Lake Mead
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLake Mead
HUC8 Number15010005
HUC10 NameTrail Rapids Wash-Colorado River
HUC10 Number1501000507
HUC12 NameTrail Rapids Wash
HUC12 Number150100050708
Map
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Collection Year1962
Year AccuracyEstimated
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:26913
Author:Bequaert, J.C. and W.B. Miller.
Date:1973
Title:The Mollusks of the Arid Southwest with an Arizona Check List.
Publisher:University of Arizona Press
Pages:271
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
CommentsYear is estimated, see reference.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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