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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.189084

Preserved specimen of Glycymeris (Glycymeris) radians (Lamarck, 1819) | Common Dog Cockle recorded on 1962-06-23
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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.189084
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1746955,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.189084"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector CSIRO
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Dredged.
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Dredged.]
Date identified 2026-02-17
Identification remarks Molluscabase confirmation

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10061880
Identification remarks Molluscabase confirmation
Occurrence date 1962-06-23
Supplied date "1962-06-23/1962-06-23"
Sampling protocol Dredged.  
End day of year 174
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 174

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 -40.383335
Supplied as: "-40.383335"
Longitude 144.05833
Supplied as: "144.05833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Bass Strait, E of Grassy, King Is
Location remarks [MAL# 129 D] Australia, Tasmania, Bass Strait, E of Grassy, King Is (40° 11' 00" S, 144° 39' 00" E) 23/06/1962 - 23/06/1962, CSIRO(Collector), Dredged.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 40° 23' 00" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 03' 30" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 10km-100km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Otway
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 137.0 frequency
    Species Richness 127.0 frequency