Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID52051
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTX
LocalityNueces River, at Lake Mathis (= Lake Corpus Christi), 40 km NW of Corpus Christi
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameLower Nueces
HUC8 Number12110111
Map
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Collection Month8
Collection Year1969
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:29712
Author:Murray, H.D.
Date:1971
Title:New records of Corbicula manilensis (Philippi) in Texas.
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:85
Issue:1
Pages:35-36
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
Commentscounties include Live Oak, Jim Wells, and San Patricio
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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