Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50592
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateAZ
CountyGila
LocalitySalt River, at Roosevelt Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Salt
HUC8 Number15060103
HUC10 NameSalt River-Theodore Roosevelt Lake
HUC10 Number1506010309
HUC12 NameCottonwood Creek-Salt River
HUC12 Number150601030910
Map
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Collection Month11
Collection Year1970
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:12209
Author:Rinne, J.N.
Date:1974
Title:The introduced Asiatic clam, Corbicula, in central Arizona reservoirs
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:88
Issue:2
Pages:56-61
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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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [4/23/2024].

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