Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID52136
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateVA
CountyGiles
LocalityNew River, vicinity of Appalachian Power County generating plant, Glen Lyn, river km 152
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameMiddle New
HUC8 Number05050002
Map
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Collection Month10
Collection Year1976
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:29833
Author:Graney, R.L., R.H. Rodgers, Jr., and J. Cairns, Jr.
Date:1980
Title:The influences of thermal discharges and substrate composition on the population structure and distribution of the Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea, in the New River, Virginia.
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:94
Issue:4
Pages:130-135
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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