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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.188762

Preserved specimen of Glycymeris (Glycymeris) grayana (Dunker, 1857) | Gray's Bittersweet Clam recorded on 1919/1919
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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.188762
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10099826,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.188762"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector R. Bell
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2026-01-20
Identification remarks ID from header label in collection when imaged by ALA digi project

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10025102
Identification remarks ID from header label in collection when imaged by ALA digi project
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1919, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1919/1919"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Glycymeris (Glycymeris) grayana
Supplied scientific name "Glycymeris grayana (Dunker, 1857)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gray's Bittersweet Clam
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Arcida
Family Glycymerididae
Genus Glycymeris
Species Glycymeris grayana
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Glycymeris grayana (Dunker, 1857)
Scientific name authorship (Dunker, 1857)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Dunker, 1857)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -37.083332
Supplied as: "-37.083332"
Longitude 149.9
Supplied as: "149.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Twofold Bay
Location remarks [MAL# 179 F] Australia, New South Wales, Twofold Bay (37° 05' 00" S, 149° 54' 00" E) 1919 - 1919, Bell, Roy(Collector), Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37° 05' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 54' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 16592f14-274f-4e70-827d-053e683c970b
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Glycymeris grayana (Dunker, 1857)
    Coordinates -37.083332,149.9
    Related records
    Record UUID 7b1140c6-3a84-4f92-be8d-ecabffd86196
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Glycymeris grayana (Dunker, 1857)
    Coordinates -37.083332,149.9
    Record UUID 99358cb9-e5e2-45b9-bb69-613ec66d4e90
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Glycymeris grayana (Dunker, 1857)
    Coordinates -37.083332,149.9
    Record UUID 17f542f9-f8e3-493f-99e9-90915ed0c90b
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Glycymeris grayana (Dunker, 1857)
    Coordinates -37.083332,149.9
    Record UUID c9dbaf5c-0e49-40fd-8b3b-ce9105b95e5b
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Glycymeris grayana (Dunker, 1857)
    Coordinates -37.083332,149.9

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Twofold Shelf
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Southeast Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Twofold Shelf
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 13603.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1575.0 frequency
    Elevation 28.0 m