Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50759
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateCA
CountyContra Costa
LocalitySacramento River, just N of Pittsburg
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSuisun Bay
HUC8 Number18050001
HUC10 NameSuisun Bay
HUC10 Number1805000104
HUC12 NameSuisun Bay
HUC12 Number180500010403
Map
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Collection Year1945
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1642
Author:Hanna, G.D.
Date:1966
Title:Introduced mollusks of western North America.
Journal:Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences
Volume:48
Pages:1-108
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
DisposalCalifornia Academy of Sciences ?
VerifierG. Smalley, E.P. Chance, J. Burch
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [5/10/2024].

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