Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51143
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateKY
CountyJessamine
LocalityKentucky River, Camp Daniel Boone
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameLower Kentucky
HUC8 Number05100205
Map
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Collection Day21
Collection Month4
Collection Year1967
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:24056
Author:Branson, B.A., and D.L. Batch
Date:1969
Title:Notes on exotic mollusks in Kentucky
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:82
Issue:3
Pages:102-106
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
CommentsUnable to locate a Camp Daniel Boone in KY.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected3
Size<28.0 mm


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