Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51410
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 Day25
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
Reference 3
Ref. Number:30132
Author:National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Date:2017
Title:Corbicula fluminea data from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
CommentsVouchered as C. leana. Collection day date is probably the 13th. See other collection (51409) at this same location from Vicksburg that year.
Record TypeSpecimen
Disposalpreserved dry
Museum Cat NumberUSNM 636133
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Preserved1


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