Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51069
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateIA
CountyLinn
LocalityCedar River, vicinity of Lewis Access, 4 mi upstream from Duane Arnold Energy Center power plant
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMiddle Cedar
HUC8 Number07080205
HUC10 NameBlue Creek-Cedar River
HUC10 Number0708020515
HUC12 NameNelson Creek-Cedar River
HUC12 Number070802051504
Map
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Collection Month1
Collection Year1979
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:26929
Author:Counts III, C.L.
Date:1985
Title:Distribution of Corbicula fluminea at nuclear facilities.
Publisher:U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Pages:NUREG/CR-4233, 79 pp.
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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