Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51756
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTN
CountyClaiborne
LocalityClinch River, about 8 km above US 25E bridge, about 7.2 km N of Thorn Hill, about 14.4 km ESE of Tazewell
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia
HUC8 Number06010205
HUC10 NameIndian Creek-Clinch River
HUC10 Number0601020510
HUC12 NameBig Creek-Clinch River
HUC12 Number060102051003
Map
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Collection Day10
Collection Month8
Collection Year1973
Year AccuracyActual
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
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalPhila. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Museum Cat NumberANSP 335725
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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