Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50979
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateGA
CountyScreven
LocalitySavannah River, about 14.4 km NE of Millhaven
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMiddle Savannah
HUC8 Number03060106
HUC10 NameSteel Creek-Savannah River
HUC10 Number0306010608
HUC12 NameSweetwater Creek-Savannah River
HUC12 Number030601060806
Map
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Collection Day20
Collection Month9
Collection Year1972
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:12043
Author:Fuller, S.L.H., and C.E. Powell, Jr
Date:1973
Title:Range extensions of Corbicula manilensis (Philippi) in the Atlantic drainage of the United States.
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:87
Issue:2
Pages:59
CommentsNot seen there in 1971.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Size20 mm


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