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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P018640

Preserved specimen of Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) | Great Clam recorded on 1973-11-08
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Mollusc"
Catalog number P018640
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P018640
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal
Identified by R.C. Willan  
Identified date 2001
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2001

Event

Occurrence date 1973-11-08
Supplied as year:1973  month:11  day:8 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima
Supplied scientific name "Tridacna gigas"
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 exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Röding, 1798)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Piper Island Reef Complex, northern Queensland, Australia.
Latitude -12.25
Supplied as: "-12.25"
Longitude 143.25
Supplied as: "143.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Area Management
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    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
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    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions East Cape York
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
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