Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID51964
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTN
CountyHamilton
LocalityTennessee River, W of Chattanooga
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMiddle Tennessee-Chickamauga
HUC8 Number06020001
HUC10 NameNickajack Lake-Tennessee River
HUC10 Number0602000112
HUC12 NameUpper Nickajack Lake-Tennessee River
HUC12 Number060200011202
Map
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Collection Month5
Collection Year1962
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
DisposalHarvard Univ. Mus.
Museum Cat NumberMCZ 235793
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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