Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51735
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateSC
CountyAiken
LocalityCooling basin, 400-D area, Savannah River Plant, near Aiken
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMiddle Savannah
HUC8 Number03060106
HUC10 NameSteel Creek-Savannah River
HUC10 Number0306010608
HUC12 NameFourmile Branch
HUC12 Number030601060801
Map
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Collection Day19
Collection Month7
Collection Year1976
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:26929
Author:Counts III, C.L.
Date:1985
Title:Distribution of Corbicula fluminea at nuclear facilities.
Publisher:U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Pages:NUREG/CR-4233, 79 pp.
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
CommentsUnable to find 400-D area.
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalTX Christian Univ.
Museum Cat NumberTCU 3011
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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