Specimen ID | 52204 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Corbicula |
Species | fluminea |
Common Name | Asian clam |
State | WV |
County | Kanawha |
Locality | Kanawha River, at Chelyan |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Upper Kanawha |
HUC8 Number | 05050006 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 17 |
Collection Month | 7 |
Collection Year | 1963 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | unknown |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 12049 |
Author: | Thomas, N.A., and W.M. Mackenthun |
Date: | 1964 |
Title: | Asiatic clam infestation at Charleston, West Virginia. |
Journal: | The Nautilus |
Volume: | 78 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 28-29 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Comments | Few live clams found, but many dead shells present on the banks. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |