Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID894388
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCorbicula
Speciesfluminea
Common Namebasket clam
StateVA
CountyBuckingham
LocalityRock Island Creek, at James River confluence, RICM 0.1-0.8. 0.5 miles SE of Howardsville at unnamed road
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMiddle James-Buffalo
HUC8 Number02080203
HUC10 NameBallinger Creek-James River
HUC10 Number0208020311
HUC12 NameRock Island Creek-James River
HUC12 Number020802031102
Map
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Collection Day25
Collection Month10
Collection Year2011
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Title:Corbicula fluminea in Virginia, 1980-2015 (unpublished data).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. present live and relict shells
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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