Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID893077
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateVA
CountyAlbemarle
LocalityMoores Creek, In Charlottesville, adjacent to Azalea Park; see site comments at unnamed road
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameRivanna
HUC8 Number02080204
HUC10 NameMechunk Creek-Rivanna River
HUC10 Number0208020404
HUC12 NameMoores Creek
HUC12 Number020802040402
Map
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Collection Day20
Collection Month6
Collection Year1997
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:28142
Author:Watson, B.
Date:2015
Title:Corbicula fluminea in Virginia, 1980-2015 (unpublished data).
Publisher:Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
CommentsAbundance = present. Few found in the reach except in the most upstream 50 m, where they were abundant in sandy substrate with a thin layer of silt.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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