Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51276
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateMS
CountyClaiborne
LocalityBig Black River, upstream from Shad Creek and 4.8 km W of Reganton
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Big Black
HUC8 Number08060202
HUC10 NameFivemile Creek-Big Black River
HUC10 Number0806020210
HUC12 NameCommissioners Creek-Big Black River
HUC12 Number080602021005
Map
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Collection Day29
Collection Month7
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
DisposalMississippi Mus.
Museum Cat NumberMMNS 1779
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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