Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50762
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateCA
CountyContra Costa
LocalitySacramento River, Antioch
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSan Joaquin Delta
HUC8 Number18040003
HUC10 NameMiddle River-San Joaquin River
HUC10 Number1804000309
HUC12 NameMarkley Canyon-San Joaquin River
HUC12 Number180400030907
Map
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Collection Day1
Collection Month11
Collection Year1951
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
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 TypeSpecimen
Disposalpreserved dry
Museum Cat NumberUSNM 597959
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected6 valves


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