Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50804
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateCA
CountySan Diego
LocalitySanta Margarita River, lower river just about tidal area on Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameSanta Margarita
HUC8 Number18070302
Map
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Collection Day23
Collection Month12
Collection Year1983
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
DisposalLos Angeles Mus.
Museum Cat NumberLACM 90856
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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