Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51141
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateKY
CountyMadison
LocalityKentucky River, mouth of Red River
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Kentucky
HUC8 Number05100205
HUC10 NameMuddy Creek-Kentucky River
HUC10 Number0510020501
HUC12 NameTwomile Creek-Kentucky River
HUC12 Number051002050107
Map
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Collection Day12
Collection Month10
Collection Year1967
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:29837
Author:Branson, B.A., and D.L. Batch
Date:1982
Title:The Gastropoda and Sphaeriacean clams of Red River, Kentucky.
Journal:The Veliger
Volume:24
Issue:3
Pages:200-204
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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