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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F221082

Preserved specimen of Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) | Great Clam recorded on 1979-02-27
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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 F221082
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F221082
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations dry
Identified by S Slack-Smith  
Collector 1.  Boyd, Sue   2.  Slack-Smith, S.  
Supplied as "Sue Boyd | S Slack-Smith"
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number Ag 14-1
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Dataset / Survey name [NMV USSR Indian Ocean Expedition]
Date identified 1979

Event

Dataset / Survey name NMV USSR Indian Ocean Expedition  
Event ID Ag 14-1
Field Number Ag 14-1
Occurrence date 1979-02-27
Supplied date "1979-02-27T00:00:00\1979-02-27T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

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 Indian Ocean | Mauritius
Country Mauritius
Locality Agalega, South Island (SW coast, near S. end of island)
Latitude -10.4889
Supplied as: "-10.4889"
Longitude 56.6858
Supplied as: "56.6858"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Agalega, South Island (SW coast, near S. end of island)
Water body Indian Ocean
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Earth
Georeference protocol Google Earth estimated
Georeferenced by Chris Rowley - Museum Victoria
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2021-11-11T00:00
Supplied as 2021-11-11T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code MU

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    World Country Boundaries Mauritius

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