Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51675
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateOR
CountyMultnomah
LocalityWillamette River, confluence with Columbia River
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Willamette
HUC8 Number17090012
HUC10 NameColumbia Slough-Willamette River
HUC10 Number1709001202
HUC12 NameBalch Creek-Willamette River
HUC12 Number170900120202
Map
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Collection Year1959
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
Reference 2
Ref. Number:12039
Author:Ingram, W.M.
Date:1959
Title:Asiatic clams as potential pests in California water supplies.
Journal:Journal of the American Water Works Association
Volume:51
Pages:363-370
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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