Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51583
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateNC
CountyColumbus
LocalityLake Waccamaw
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameWaccamaw
HUC8 Number03040206
HUC10 NameHeadwaters Waccamaw River
HUC10 Number0304020603
HUC12 NameLake Waccamaw
HUC12 Number030402060304
Map
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Collection Year1979
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:28356
Author:Porter, H.J.
Date:1984
Title:Corbicula fluminea (Müller) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County, North Carolina, it distribution ecology and growth.
Journal:American Malacological Bulletin
Volume:3
Issue:1
Pages:100
Reference 2
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
CommentsFound throughout the lake. Three year classes appeared to be present from 1979-1981. In Counts (1991), the collection year of 1969 appears to be in error (typo?).
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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