Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50843
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateFL
CountyFranklin
LocalityApalachicola River, near Apalachicola
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameApalachicola
HUC8 Number03130011
HUC10 NameEast River-Apalachicola River Frontal
HUC10 Number0313001108
HUC12 NameEast River-Apalachicola River Frontal
HUC12 Number031300110804
Map
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Collection Year1961
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:23999
Author:Schneider, R.F.
Date:1967
Title:Range of the Asiatic clam in Florida.
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:81
Issue:2
Pages:68-69
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
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [4/19/2024].

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