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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.189555

Preserved specimen of Glycymeris (Glycymeris) radians (Lamarck, 1819) | Common Dog Cockle recorded on 1973-04-14
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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.189555
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10100619,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.189555"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Dredged
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Dredged]
Date identified 2026-03-06

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10068516
Occurrence date 1973-04-14
Supplied date "1973-04-14/1973-04-14"
Sampling protocol Dredged  
End day of year 104
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 104

Taxonomy

Scientific name Glycymeris (Glycymeris) radians
Supplied scientific name "Glycymeris radians (Lamarck, 1819)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Common Dog Cockle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Arcida
Family Glycymerididae
Genus Glycymeris
Species Glycymeris radians
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Glycymeris radians (Lamarck, 1819)
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1819)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Lamarck, 1819)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -41.153057
Supplied as: "-41.153057"
Longitude 144.40306
Supplied as: "144.40306"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality S of West Point
Location remarks [MAL# 3158 B] Australia, Tasmania, S of West Point (41° 09' 11" S, 144° 24' 11" E) 14/04/1973 - 14/04/1973, Dredged, Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 41° 09' 11" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 24' 11" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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