Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID52005
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTX
CountyLlano
LocalityColorado River, Lake Buchanan [=Reservoir]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBuchanan-Lyndon B. Johnson Lakes
HUC8 Number12090201
HUC10 NameColorado River-Lake Buchanan
HUC10 Number1209020102
HUC12 NameLake Buchanan
HUC12 Number120902010206
Map
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Collection Day30
Collection Month6
Collection Year1973
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:24000
Author:Britton, J.C., and C.E. Murphy
Date:1977
Title:New records and ecological notes for Corbicula manilensis in Texas.
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:91
Issue:1
Pages:20-23
Reference 2
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 TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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