Specimen Information

Tarebia granifera
Tarebia granifera
(quilted melania)
Mollusks-Gastropods
Exotic

Specimen ID52616
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusTarebia
Speciesgranifera
Common Namequilted melania
StateCO
CountyFremont
LocalityWellsville Hot (Warm) Springs, CO [tropical fish pool]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameArkansas Headwaters
HUC8 Number11020001
HUC10 NameBig Cottonwood Creek-Arkansas River
HUC10 Number1102000109
HUC12 NameMaverick Gulch-Arkansas River
HUC12 Number110200010902
Map
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Collection Year1989
Year AccuracyEstimated
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:9212
Author:Wu, Shi-Kuei.
Date:1989
Title:Natural History Inventory of Colorado, No. 11, Colorado freshwater mollusks.
Publisher:University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Colorado 80309.
Pages:117 pp
CommentsYear is publication date of source document. Species ID changed from Melanoides tuberculata based on identification from Dr. Thomas Watters (OSU) on 7/12/2017.
Record TypeSpecimen
Disposalpreserved
Museum Cat NumberUCM 27196, 28033, 28
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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