Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51105
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateKY
CountyFranklin
LocalityElkhorn Creek, North Fork, SR 1689 near Switzer
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Kentucky
HUC8 Number05100205
HUC10 NameNorth Elkhorn Creek
HUC10 Number0510020508
HUC12 NameLecomptes Run-North Elkhorn Creek
HUC12 Number051002050807
Map
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Collection Day17
Collection Month5
Collection Year1982
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
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalMarshall Univ.-WV
Museum Cat NumberMUMC 3252
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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