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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F292911

Preserved specimen of Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819 | Scaly Clam
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F292911
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F292911
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Shell|Dry
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Conchifera | Bivalvia | Heterodonta | Veneroida | Tridacnoidea | Tridacnidae
Scientific name Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa
Supplied scientific name "Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819"
Identified to rank species
Common name Scaly Clam
Supplied common name "fluted giant clam"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Veneroida"
Family Cardiidae
Supplied as "Tridacnidae"
Genus Tridacna
Species Tridacna squamosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lamarck, 1819
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Subgenus Chametrachea
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Papua New Guinea
Country Papua New Guinea
Locality Sohano Island
Latitude -5.44
Supplied as: "-5.44"
Longitude 154.66
Supplied as: "154.66"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Sohano Island
Island Sohano
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2.0
Georeference sources Google Maps
Georeference protocol Google maps
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code PG

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    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.404167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 87.0 %