Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51733
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateSC
CountyHorry
LocalityWaccamaw River below confluence with the Intracoastal Waterway
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameWaccamaw
HUC8 Number03040206
HUC10 NameOutlet Waccamaw River-Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
HUC10 Number0304020610
HUC12 NameWaccamaw River-Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
HUC12 Number030402061002
Map
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Collection Year1975
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:26911
Author:Fuller, S.L.H., and M.J. Imlay
Date:1976
Title:Spatial competition between Corbicula manilensis (Philippi), the Chinese clam (Corbiculidae), and the freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in the Waccamaw River basin of the Carolinas (Mollusca: Bivalvia).
Journal:Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin
Volume:23
Issue:2
Pages:60
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
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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