Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID52099
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTX
CountyHidalgo
Localitycanal beside US 281 near Relampago
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSouth Laguna Madre
HUC8 Number12110208
HUC10 NameMiddle Arroyo Colorado
HUC10 Number1211020806
HUC12 NameLa Feria Main Canal-Arroyo Colorado
HUC12 Number121102080600
Map
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Collection Day3
Collection Month5
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
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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