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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.531749

Preserved specimen of Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) | Great Clam recorded on 1962-10-22
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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.531749
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2161953","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.531749"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.531749
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by I.Loch  
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2004
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10035453
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial";
Occurrence date 1962-10-22
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 Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -22.15
Supplied as: "-22.15"
Longitude 152.766
Supplied as: "152.766"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality GBR, Swain Reefs, Capre Cay
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 17676 B] Australia, Queensland, GBR, Swain Reefs, Capre Cay (22° 09' 00" S, 152° 46' 00" E) 22/10/1962 - 22/10/1962, Australian Museum party(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 22° 9' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 46' 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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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 08a21482-68ff-488d-a519-07e1d5fbe59c
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
    Coordinates -22.15,152.766
    Related records
    Record UUID 9d017fc1-186b-4f43-b0cb-1bd12813cd1c
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
    Coordinates -22.15,152.766
    Record UUID baa97a28-e9fa-4aac-8ba7-8b3dc3fdd4be
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
    Coordinates -22.15,152.766
    Record UUID f12eca2c-3511-497d-b252-d35f3693bb19
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
    Coordinates -22.15,152.766

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Pompey & Swain Reefs, South-east GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pompey-Swains
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PAROO SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WARREGO