Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID893508
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateVA
CountySalem
LocalityMason Creek, Salem; S of Roanoke Ave. Arnold R. Burton Technology Center at unnamed road
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Roanoke
HUC8 Number03010101
HUC10 NameMason Creek-Roanoke River
HUC10 Number0301010103
HUC12 NameMason Creek
HUC12 Number030101010302
Map
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Collection Day16
Collection Month11
Collection Year2004
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Title:Corbicula fluminea in Virginia, 1980-2015 (unpublished data).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.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected7


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