Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID886113
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateAR
CountyChicot
LocalityLake Chicot [Mississippi River oxbow lake]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBayou Macon
HUC8 Number08050002
HUC10 NameHill Bayou-Bayou Macon
HUC10 Number0805000203
HUC12 NameLake Chicot-Bayou Macon
HUC12 Number080500020302
Map
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Collection Day27
Collection Month7
Collection Year1978
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:28116
Author:Jones, B.
Date:2015
Title:Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Corbicula Records.
Publisher:Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.
Reference 2
Ref. Number:1355
Author:Counts III, C.L.
Date:1991
Title:Corbicula (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) Part 1. Catalog of fossil and recent nominal species. Part 2. Compendium of zoogeographic records of North America and Hawaii, 1924-1984.
Journal:Tryonia
Volume:21
Pages:1-134
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalMississippi Museum of Natural Science
Museum Cat NumberMMNS 322
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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