Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51566
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateNC
CountyChatham
LocalityCape Fear River, crossing of SR 42 on the county line
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Cape Fear
HUC8 Number03030004
HUC10 NameBuckhorn Creek-Cape Fear River
HUC10 Number0303000401
HUC12 NameGulf Creek-Cape Fear River
HUC12 Number030300040104
Map
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Collection Year1991
Year AccuracyPublication Year
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
CommentsCollected prior to 1985, source document has specimens through only 1984.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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