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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.59605

Preserved specimen of Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) | Great Clam recorded on 1912
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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.59605
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10332254","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.59605"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.59605
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J.  
Collector Bell, Roy  
Supplied as "Bell, Roy"
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:10025163
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1912, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1912"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima
Supplied scientific name "Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Great Clam
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Family Cardiidae
Genus Tridacna
Species Tridacna maxima
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
Scientific name authorship (Röding, 1798)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Röding, 1798)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -31.54944
Supplied as: "-31.54944"
Longitude 159.0625
Supplied as: "159.0625"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Lord Howe Island
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 1953 B] Australia, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island (31° 32' 58" S, 159° 03' 45" E) 1912 - 1914, Bell, Roy(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31° 32' 58" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 159° 3' 45" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2016/11/17
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2016/11/17
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Lord Howe Island
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Lord Howe Island
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Lord Howe Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers - Lord Howe Island
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast - Lord Howe Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast - Lord Howe Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Lord Howe Province
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)