Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51000
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateIL
CountyWill
LocalityKankakee River, Custer Park
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameKankakee
HUC8 Number07120001
Map
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Collection Year1976
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:26921
Author:Lewis, R.B., and J.R. Brice
Date:1980
Title:A comparison of the past and present mussel fauna of the Kankakee River of Illinois.
Journal:Natural History Miscellanea. Chicago Academy of Science
Volume:211
Pages:7 pp.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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