Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID52159
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateWA
CountyPacific
LocalityWillapa River
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameWillapa Bay
HUC8 Number17100106
Map
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Collection Year1971
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
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
CommentsMay have been found in the Willapa River area originally in 1937, see LACM 64359 specimen.
Record TypeSpecimen
Disposalpreserved
Museum Cat NumberDMNH 56395
VerifierDelaware Museum of Natural History
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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