Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51409
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateMS
CountyWarren
LocalityYazoo River, foot of China Street, Vicksburg
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Yazoo
HUC8 Number08030208
HUC10 NameCentennial Lake-Yazoo River
HUC10 Number0803020802
HUC12 NameYazoo River Diversion Canal-Yazoo River
HUC12 Number080302080202
Map
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Collection Day13
Collection Month10
Collection Year1963
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:27207
Author:Hubricht, L.
Date:1964
Title:Corbicula fluminea at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:77
Issue:4
Pages:143
CommentsFirst discovery in the state.
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recordstate
DisposalChicago Mus.
Museum Cat NumberFMNH 137777
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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