Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50969
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateGA
CountyTelfair
LocalityOcmulgee River, 0.8 km upstream from Lumber City
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Ocmulgee
HUC8 Number03070104
HUC10 NameSturgeon Creek-Ocmulgee River
HUC10 Number0307010408
HUC12 NameOpossum Creek-Ocmulgee River
HUC12 Number030701040806
Map
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Collection Day28
Collection Month5
Collection Year1979
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
Reference 2
Ref. Number:30132
Author:National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Date:2017
Title:Corbicula fluminea data from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
CommentsVouchered as C. leana.
Record TypeSpecimen
Disposalpreserved dry and alcohol
Museum Cat NumberUSNM 795627
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected2 valves


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