Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51736
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateSC
CountyAiken
LocalitySavannah River, openings in plate from non-reactor cooling process heat exchanger, Savannah River Plant
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameMiddle Savannah
HUC8 Number03060106
Map
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Collection Year1976
Year AccuracyEstimated
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:14745
Author:Boozer, A.C., and P.E. Mirkes
Date:1979
Title:Observations on the fingernail clam, Musculium partumeium (Pisidiidae), and its association with the introduced Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:93
Issue:2-3
Pages:73-83
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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