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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.49288

Preserved specimen of Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819 | Boring Clam recorded on 1922-11-05
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Malacology"
Catalog number C.49288
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10275620","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.49288"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.49288
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J.  
Collector Mcculloch, A.R.  
Supplied as "McCulloch, A. R."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2016-11
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10016326
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";
Occurrence date 1922-11-05
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea
Supplied scientific name "Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819"
Identified to rank species
Common name Boring Clam
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Family Cardiidae
Genus Tridacna
Species Tridacna crocea
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819
Scientific name authorship Lamarck, 1819
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Lamarck, 1819

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -9.15
Supplied as: "-9.15"
Longitude 143.883
Supplied as: "143.883"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Torres Strait, Bramble Cay
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 26664] Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, Bramble Cay (9° 09' 00" S, 143° 53' 00" E) 05/11/1922 - 05/11/1922, McCulloch, A R(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 9° 9' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143° 53' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2016/11/17
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2016/11/17
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF DERBY-WEST KIMBERLEY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Torres Strait Regional Sea Claim
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KIMBERLEY, MP