Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51034
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateIL
CountyMacon
LocalityLake Decatur, near Decatur [Sangamon River]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Sangamon
HUC8 Number07130006
HUC10 NameLake Decatur-Sangamon River
HUC10 Number0713000604
HUC12 NameBig Creek-Long Creek
HUC12 Number071300060409
Map
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Collection Year1979
Year AccuracyPublication Year
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:26922
Author:Klippel, W.E., and P.W. Parmalee
Date:1979
Title:The naiad fauna of Lake Springfield, Illinois: an assessment after two decades
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:93
Issue:4
Pages:189-197
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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