Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51888
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTN
CountyGreene
LocalityNolichucky River, shoals above mouth of Little Chucky Creek, about 0.8 km SSW of Warrensburg, about 24 km WSW of Greeneville
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameNolichucky
HUC8 Number06010108
HUC10 NameLittle Chucky Creek-Nolichucky River
HUC10 Number0601010809
HUC12 NameLittle Chucky Creek
HUC12 Number060101080901
Map
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Collection Day14
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
DisposalAcad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
Museum Cat NumberANSP 335727
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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