Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51245
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateMD
CountyWorcester
LocalityNassawango Creek, near Snow Hill
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NamePokomoke-Western Lower Delmarva
HUC8 Number02080111
HUC10 NameNassawango Creek
HUC10 Number0208011101
HUC12 NameLower Nassawango Creek
HUC12 Number020801110102
Map
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Collection Month3
Collection Year1982
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:28119
Author:Kennedy, V.S., and L. Van Huekelem.
Date:1985
Title:Gametogenesis and larval production in a population of the introduced Asiatic clam, Corbicula sp. (Bivalvia:Corbiculidae), in Maryland.
Journal:Biological Bulletin
Volume:168
Pages:50-60
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 TypeSpecimen
Disposalpreserved
Museum Cat NumberUSNM 804416
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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