Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51003
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateIL
CountyChristian
LocalityLake Sangchris, near Kincaid
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSouth Fork Sangamon
HUC8 Number07130007
HUC10 NameClear Creek
HUC10 Number0713000704
HUC12 NameTown of Tovey
HUC12 Number071300070401
Map
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Collection Year1973
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:30756
Author:Dreier, H. and J. A. Tranquilli.
Date:1981
Title:Reproduction, growth, distribution  and abundance of Corbicula in an Illinois cooling lake. Pages 378-393 in R.W. Larimore and J.A. Tranquilli, eds. The Lake Sangchris Study Case History of an Illinois Cooling Lake.
Journal:Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin
Volume:32
Issue:4
Pages:378-393
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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