Species Regional Summary
Corbicula fluminea
Cape Hatteras to Mid-East Florida ( CAR-VII )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Brevard Co./FL/Fellsmere Canal (1979, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Collections), 1st record: Lake County/FL/Wekiva River, 5 km from confluence with Black Water Creek, St. John's tributaries (Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), 1st Record: Appling County/GA/Altamaha River (1968, Counts 1986, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), 1st Record: SC/Pee Dee River (1972, Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), 1st Record: SC/Santee-Cooper River sytem (1974, Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), 1st Record: Georgetown/SC/Intracoastal Waterway, below confluence with Waccamaw River (1975; Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), 1st Record: NC/Roanoke River, below Lake Gaston (1980, Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), 1st Record: below Old Sparta/NC/Tar River (1980, Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), 1st Record: Bladen County/NC/Cape Fear River, lower river, between Locks No. 1 and 2 (1982, Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), 1st Record: about 14.4 km NE of Milhaven/GA/Savannah River (1972, Counts 1986, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); Augusta/GA/Savannah River (1973, Counts 1986), 1st Record: Colleton County/SC/Combahee River (1988, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2012)

Geographic Extent

Brevard Co./FL/Fellsmere Canal (1979, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Collections), Lake County/FL/Wekiva River, 5 km from confluence with Black Water Creek, St. John's tributaries (Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), Appling County/GA/Altamaha River (1968, Counts 1986, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2012); Glynn County/GA/Altamaha Creek at mouth of unnamed creek [Tabby Creek] in Hammersmith Creek (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2012), SC/Pee Dee River (1972, Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Programs 2007); Horry County/SC/Bull Creek, Pee Dee Drainage (1982, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Programs 2007), SC/Santee-Cooper River system (1974, Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), Georgetown/SC/Intracoastal Waterway, below confluence with Waccamaw River (1975; Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); Georgetown County/SC/Intracoastal Waterway (1978, Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), NC/Roanoke River, below Lake Gaston (1980, Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); NC 45 @ Sans Souci/NC/Roanoke River (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2012); Bachelor Bay Game Land, NE parcel of Game Land across from Rice Island, access by boat/NC/Roanoke River (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2012), below Old Sparta/NC/Tar River (1980, Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), Bladen County/NC/Cape Fear River, lower river, between Locks No. 1 and 2 (1982, Counts 1986; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007), about 14.4 km NE of Milhaven/GA/Savannah River (1972, Counts 1986, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); Augusta/GA/Savannah River (1973, Counts 1986); Jasper County/SC/Lower Savannah (1988, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2012), 8 km NW of Bell/FL/Suwannee River (1967, Counts 1986)

Vectors

Level Vector

Regional Impacts

References

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