Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID645776
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTX
CountyTom Green
LocalitySouth Concho River, in Nasworthy Reservoir - opposite power plant discharge
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSouth Concho
HUC8 Number12090102
HUC10 NamePecan Creek-South Concho River
HUC10 Number1209010205
HUC12 NameTwin Buttes Reservoir-South Concho River
HUC12 Number120901020507
Map
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Collection Day29
Collection Month5
Collection Year1992
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:26944
Author:Howells, R.G.
Date:2003
Title:Corbicula fluminea data from Texas, 1976-2003 (unpublished data).
Publisher:Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Reference 2
Ref. Number:29692
Author:Howells, R.G.
Date:1994
Title:Preliminary distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 1992. Management Data Series No. 105, 1994.
Publisher:Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Pages:16
Commentssource for this record in this dataset: Howells 1994. Best specimen condition: live.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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