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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.187756

Preserved specimen of Glycymeris (Glycymeris) radians (Lamarck, 1819) | Common Dog Cockle recorded on 1973-04-15
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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.187756
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10098820,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.187756"]
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:10068519
Occurrence date 1973-04-15
Supplied date "1973-04-15/1973-04-15"
Sampling protocol Dredged  
End day of year 105
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 105

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 -41.658333
Supplied as: "-41.658333"
Longitude 144.61833
Supplied as: "144.61833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality SW of Sandy Cape
Location remarks [MAL# 3160 B] Australia, Tasmania, SW of Sandy Cape (41° 39' 30" S, 144° 37' 06" E) 15/04/1973 - 15/04/1973, BMR(Collector), Dredged, Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 41° 39' 30" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 37' 06" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

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

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 46.0 frequency
    Species Richness 41.0 frequency