Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51952
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateAL
CountyLauderdale
LocalityTennessee River, Colbert Steam Plant, Pickwick Lake, river km 392 (RM 245)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NamePickwick Lake
HUC8 Number06030005
HUC10 NameTennessee River-Pickwick Lake
HUC10 Number0603000508
HUC12 NameCoffee Slough-Tennessee River
HUC12 Number060300050808
Map
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Collection Year1960
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 erroneously states this site in TN.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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