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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F292880

Preserved specimen of Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) | Great Clam
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F292880
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F292880
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Shell|Dry
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1976, Month: 6, Day:
Supplied as year:1976  month:6 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Conchifera | Bivalvia | Heterodonta | Veneroida | Tridacnoidea | Tridacnidae
Scientific name Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima
Supplied scientific name "Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima Röding, 1798"
Identified to rank species
Common name Great Clam
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Veneroida"
Family Cardiidae
Supplied as "Tridacnidae"
Genus Tridacna
Species Tridacna maxima
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Röding, 1798)
Supplied as Röding, 1798
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Subgenus Chametrachea
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Ningaloo Reef
Latitude -22.28
Supplied as: "-22.28"
Longitude 113.8
Supplied as: "113.8"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Ningaloo Reef
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Geoscience Australia Place Name Search
Georeference protocol NATMAP RP rounded off
Georeferenced by Chris Rowley - Museum Victoria
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2009-08-31T00:00
Supplied as 2009-08-31T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Ningaloo
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Ningaloo
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Western Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Ningaloo
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF EXMOUTH