Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51073
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateKS
CountyDouglas-Johnson-
LocalityKansas River, west from Kansas City to Eudora
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameLower Kansas, Kansas
HUC8 Number10270104
Map
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Collection Year1983
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:30643
Author:Mackie, G.L., and D.G. Huggins.
Date:1983
Title:Sphaeriacean clams of Kansas. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas
Publisher:The University of Kansas
Pages:92 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
Commentscounties are Douglas/Johnson/Leavenworth/Wyandotte
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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