Specimen ID | 630284 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Corbicula |
Species | fluminea |
Common Name | basket clam |
State | TX |
County | San Patricio |
Locality | Jim Naismith Reservoir |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Aransas Bay |
HUC8 Number | 12100405 |
HUC10 Name | Copano Bay |
HUC10 Number | 1210040502 |
HUC12 Name | Salt Lake-Copano Bay |
HUC12 Number | 121004050204 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 18 |
Collection Month | 4 |
Collection Year | 2006 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | unknown |
Status | unknown |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 26768 |
Author: | Moretzsohn, F., and N. Barrera. |
Date: | 2006 |
Title: | Occurrence of the Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea, in the Jim Naismith Reservoir, Ingleside, Texas, April 2006 (unpublished data). |
Publisher: | Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University |
Pages: | 20 pp |
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Comments | A 52-inch diameter pipe from the reservoir to a treatment plant was half full of empty shells. No live clams found in susequent survey. However, a few recently dead were found. |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | Thousands dead |