Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID646192
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateTX
CountyRobertson
LocalityLittle Brazos River, first crossing below US 79
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Brazos-Little Brazos
HUC8 Number12070101
HUC10 NameCedar Creek-Brazos River
HUC10 Number1207010106
HUC12 NameLost Creek-Brazos River
HUC12 Number120701010606
Map
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Collection Day15
Collection Month9
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Title:Corbicula fluminea data from Texas, 1976-2003 (unpublished data).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. Other field notes: omitted in Howells 2001a. Best specimen condition: live.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected38/m2 live


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