Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID52254
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateWV
CountyMineral
LocalityPatterson Creek, along CR 14 near Ft. Ashby
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameNorth Branch Potomac
HUC8 Number02070002
Map
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Collection Year1984
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
Reference 2
Ref. Number:26937
Author:Taylor, R. W.
Date:1985
Title:Comments on the distribution of freshwater mussels (Unionacea) of the Potomac River headwaters in West Virginia.
Journal:The Nautilus
Volume:99
Issue:2-3
Pages:84-87
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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