Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID52089
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTX
CountyHarris
LocalitySan Jacinto River, Lake Houston
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBuffalo-San Jacinto
HUC8 Number12040104
HUC10 NameBuffalo Bayou-San Jacinto River
HUC10 Number1204010407
HUC12 NameJackson Bayou-San Jacinto River
HUC12 Number120401040704
Map
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Collection Day4
Collection Month10
Collection Year1975
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:24839
Author:O'Kane, K.D., J.C. Britton, and D.R. Coldiron
Date:1977
Title:New distributional records of Corbicula manilensis (Pelecypoda: Corbiculidae) in the south central United States.
Journal:The Southwestern Naturalist
Volume:22
Issue:3
Pages:397-400
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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