Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51241
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateMD
CountyHarford
LocalityChesapeake Bay, Susquehanna Flats NE of Fishing Battery near mouth of Susquehanna River
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameUpper Chesapeake Bay
HUC8 Number02060001
Map
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Collection Day28
Collection Month8
Collection Year1975
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
Reference 2
Ref. Number:32902
Author:Stotts, V.D., K.D'Loughy, and D.B. Stotts.
Date:1977
Title:Waterfowl habitat.
Publisher:Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Pages:6 pp.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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