Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51354
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateMS
CountyClarke
LocalityHanging Moss Creek, 9.6 km SE of Carmichael
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Chickasawhay
HUC8 Number03170002
HUC10 NameRocky Creek-Buckatunna Creek
HUC10 Number0317000205
HUC12 NameBolingchessa Creek-Hanging Moss Creek
HUC12 Number031700020506
Map
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Collection Day18
Collection Month11
Collection Year1978
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
CommentsLocality changed to Hanging Moss Creek.
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalChicago Mus.
Museum Cat NumberFMNH 201525
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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