Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID894108
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateVA
CountyBuchanan
LocalityNorth Fork Powell River, 1.2 mi E of Pennington Gap at US 421
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Levisa
HUC8 Number05070202
HUC10 NameDismal Creek-Levisa Fork
HUC10 Number0507020201
HUC12 NameSlate Creek
HUC12 Number050702020106
Map
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Collection Day7
Collection Month4
Collection Year2010
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Title:Corbicula fluminea in Virginia, 1980-2015 (unpublished data).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


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