Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50833
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateCA
CountyMerced
Localityunnamed body of water (Irrigation Canal) 19.2 km E of Los Banos
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMiddle San Joaquin-Lower Chowchilla
HUC8 Number18040001
HUC10 NameSalt Slough
HUC10 Number1804000120
HUC12 NameSan Juan Drain
HUC12 Number180400012004
Map
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Collection Day26
Collection Month12
Collection Year1952
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
DisposalPhiladelphia Acad. Nat Sci
Museum Cat NumberANSP 345226
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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