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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.111804

Preserved specimen of Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) | Great Clam recorded on 1977-10-07
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Dataset

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.111804
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2161954","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.111804"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.111804
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by I.Loch  
Identified date 2004
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2004
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1116701
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial";
Occurrence date 1977-10-07
Date precision DAY

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 Tanzania, United Republic of
Supplied as "TANZANIA"
Latitude -6.65
Supplied as: "-6.65"
Longitude 39.25
Supplied as: "39.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Mbudya Is, NE end, ca 16km N of Dar-es-Salaam
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 70100] TANZANIA, Mbudya Is, NE end, ca 16km N of Dar-es-Salaam (6° 39' 00" S, 39° 15' 00" E) 07/10/1977 - 07/10/1977, Ponder, W F(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 6° 39' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code TZ
Verbatim longitude 39° 15' 0" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2017/5/1
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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