Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID893573
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateVA
CountyFranklin
LocalityBig Chestnut Creek, 2 mi E of Sontag at SR 715-
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Roanoke
HUC8 Number03010101
HUC10 NameUpper Pigg River
HUC10 Number0301010108
HUC12 NameBig Chestnut Creek
HUC12 Number030101010803
Map
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Collection Day24
Collection Month6
Collection Year2005
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Title:Corbicula fluminea in Virginia, 1980-2015 (unpublished data).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 = shell only. Many shells no live
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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