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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F292838

Preserved specimen of Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) | Great Clam
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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 F292838
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F292838
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Shell|Dry
Collector Kershaw, J.A.  
Supplied as "J A. Kershaw"
Individual count 8
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

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Conchifera | Bivalvia | Heterodonta | Veneroida | Tridacnoidea | Tridacnidae
Scientific name Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima
Supplied scientific name "Tridacna (Chametrachea) elongata Lamarck, 1819"
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 Lamarck, 1819
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Subgenus Chametrachea
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Queensland
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Masthead Island
Latitude -23.53
Supplied as: "-23.53"
Longitude 151.73
Supplied as: "151.73"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Masthead Island
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
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    Marine
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