Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51779
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTN
CountyCoffee
LocalityDuck River, 2.4 km below Compton Creek (Crumpton Creek?)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Duck
HUC8 Number06040002
HUC10 NameNormandy Lake-Duck River
HUC10 Number0604000201
HUC12 NameNormandy Lake-Duck River
HUC12 Number060400020104
Map
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Collection Day7
Collection Month10
Collection Year1972
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
CommentsReference notes Compton Creek, not found in Coffee County - is in Sevier County. Crumpton Creek is in Coffee Co. and does merge with Duck River.
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalPhila. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Museum Cat NumberANSP 332383
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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