Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51389
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateMS
CountyPerry
LocalityTallahala Creek, about 24 km E of SR 42 just before Runnelstown
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Leaf
HUC8 Number03170005
HUC10 NameRocky Creek-Tallahala Creek
HUC10 Number0317000503
HUC12 NameThird Creek-Tallahala Creek
HUC12 Number031700050303
Map
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Collection Day16
Collection Month5
Collection Year1983
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:12251
Author:Prezant, R.S., and A. Tan-Tiu
Date:1985
Title:Comparative shell microstructure of North American Corbicula (Bivalvia: Sphaeriacea).
Journal:The Veliger
Volume:27
Issue:3
Pages:312-319
Record TypeLiterature
DisposalS. Mississippi Mus.
Museum Cat NumberUSM-U
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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