Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50837
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateDE
CountyNew Castle
LocalityDelaware River, New Castle County
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameDelaware Bay
HUC8 Number02040204
HUC10 NameDelaware Bay-Deep
HUC10 Number0204020400
HUC12 NameDelaware Bay-Deep
HUC12 Number020402040000
Map
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Collection Month7
Collection Year1981
Year AccuracyEstimated
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
DisposalTX Christian Univ.
Museum Cat NumberTCU 5835
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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