Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50957
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateGA
CountyCrawford
LocalityFlint River, Crawford County
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameUpper Flint
HUC8 Number03130005
Map
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Collection Day4
Collection Month11
Collection Year1971
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:12044
Author:Sickel, J.B.
Date:1973
Title:A new record of Corbicula manilensis (Philippi) in the southern Atlantic slope region of Georgia.
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:87
Issue:1
Pages:11-12
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
CommentsIdentified then as C. manilensis. Adults expelling veligers during collection.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected10-15
Year Classadult


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