Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID892617
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateVA
CountyLunenburg
LocalitySouth Meherrin River, degraded habitat, heavy sediment load
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMeherrin
HUC8 Number03010204
HUC10 NameMiddle Meherrin River-South Meherrin River
HUC10 Number0301020401
HUC12 NameFinneywood Creek-South Meherrin River
HUC12 Number030102040102
Map
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Collection Day30
Collection Month8
Collection Year2012
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:28141
Author:Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
Date:2015
Title:Corbicula fluminea data from Virginia
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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