Specimen ID | 52718 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Corbicula |
Species | fluminea |
Common Name | basket clam |
State | FL |
County | Alachua |
Locality | Santa Fe River in a fully-flooded cave system (a tributary of the Santa Fe R.) known as Alligator Rise located 100 m upstream from the Hwy 27 bridge |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Santa Fe |
HUC8 Number | 03110206 |
HUC10 Name | River Rise-Sante Fe River |
HUC10 Number | 0311020605 |
HUC12 Name | River Rise |
HUC12 Number | 031102060504 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 25 |
Collection Month | 11 |
Collection Year | 1990 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released bait |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 12238 |
Author: | Streever, W.J. |
Date: | 1992 |
Title: | First record of Corbicula clams within flooded cave systems. |
Journal: | Florida Scientist |
Volume: | 55 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 35-37 |
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Comments | Found throughout cave system. Two other cave system along the Santa Fe River are known to have Corbicula, Columbia Spring (Hwy 441 bridge) and Myrtle's Crack (Hwy 47 bridge). |
Record Type | Literature |
Verifier | William J. Streever, Univ. Florida, Gainesville |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 2820/m2 |