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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F292845

Preserved specimen of Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) | Great Clam
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Dataset

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 F292845
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F292845
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Shell|Dry
Individual count 3
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

Occurrence date Year: 1959, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1959 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Conchifera | Bivalvia | Heterodonta | Veneroida | Tridacnoidea | Tridacnidae
Scientific name Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima
Supplied scientific name "Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima Röding, 1798"
Identified to rank species
Common name Great Clam
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Veneroida"
Family Cardiidae
Supplied as "Tridacnidae"
Genus Tridacna
Species Tridacna maxima
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Röding, 1798)
Supplied as Röding, 1798
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Subgenus Chametrachea
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Coral Sea
Country Australia
Locality Middleton Reef
Latitude -29.47
Supplied as: "-29.47"
Longitude 159.11
Supplied as: "159.11"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Middleton Reef
Water body Coral Sea
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Maps
Georeference protocol Google maps
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Elizabeth & Middleton Reefs
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Lord Howe
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Lord Howe
    RAMSAR wetland regions Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Lord Howe Province
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Lord Howe Marine Park