Re: NANFA-- RE: Collecting report

Todd Crail (toddcrail_at_yahoo.com)
Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:11:31 -0700 (PDT)

Here's a question... How do you tell the difference from the fingernail clams and the Asiatic clams (Corbicula sp)? Is there a difference in teeth? I was looking at some the other day that looked different than what I think of when I think Corbicula (smooth, two small teeth on either side of umbo), but sorta the same. Then I saw what were definately Corbicula (large specimens) way downstream where we took the kidos and they had much more developed teeth.

Of course the habitats were totally different. I was up in the wet ditches of sand and clay where I thought I'd found fingernail clams and the downstream section was fast water with rocks.

Todd

BG Granier <shinerscoop_at_bellsouth.net> wrote:

I also checked out the site for fingernail clams, but found the primary site
for them to be essentially dry and overgrown with weeds which made it
virtually impossible to make a scoop with my Jonah's Perfect Dip-Net because
of the density of terrestrial growth. Next time, I'm gonna have to bring my
Weed_Eater!
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