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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.8685

Preserved specimen of Glycymeris (Glycymeris) grayana (Dunker, 1857) | Gray's Bittersweet Clam
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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.8685
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10205961,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.8685"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2026-02-26

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Glycymeris (Glycymeris) grayana
Supplied scientific name "Glycymeris flammea (Reeve, 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gray's Bittersweet Clam
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Arcida
Family Glycymerididae
Genus Glycymeris
Species Glycymeris grayana
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Glycymeris flammea (Reeve, 1843)
Scientific name authorship (Dunker, 1857)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Reeve, 1843)

Geospatial

Country Japan
Latitude 33.366665
Supplied as: "33.366665"
Longitude 129.55
Supplied as: "129.55"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks [MAL# 18107 B] JAPAN, Hirado, Hizen, Kyushu (33° 22' 00" N, 129° 33' 00" E) 1901 - 1901, Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 22' 00" N
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code JP
Verbatim longitude 129° 33' 00" E

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