Occurrence record: LC000053000A3EOJ

Human observation of Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758) | Prickly Cockle recorded on 2022-08-12
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Overview

Occurrence ID LC000053000A3EOJ
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Prickly Cockle
Licence CC-BY
Record Date 2022-08-12 (Day)
Locality Borth Beach; Morfa Borth; Borth SY24 5JR; UK
Location Grid Reference: SN600900 Latitude: 52.4898935666923 Longitude: -4.0633215702473
Recorded by stott parsons
Identified by Ian Smith
Identification verification status Accepted - correct

Dataset

Data partner Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland
Data resource Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records
Collection code LC000053000A0018

Event

Occurrence date 2022-08-12
Sampling protocol Field Observation
Date precision Day
Event date 2022-08-12
Event ID LC000053000A0EPJ

Taxonomy

Scientific name Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name Prickly Cockle
Taxon rank species
Name match metric Taxon GUID match
The match was based on the supplied taxon concept ID rather than the scientific name.
Species Acanthocardia echinata
Genus Acanthocardia
Family Cardiidae
Order Veneroida
Class Bivalvia
Phylum Mollusca
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NBNSYS0000173548
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon marine
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province Wales
Locality Borth Beach; Morfa Borth; Borth SY24 5JR; UK
Latitude (WGS84) 52.4898935666923
Longitude (WGS84) -4.0633215702473
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 70.1
Georeference verification status Accepted
Grid size in meters 100
Grid reference SN600900

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    Additional political boundaries information

    GB
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 100km SN
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 10km SN68
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 50km SNNE
    Watsonian Vice Counties – 12 mile (GB) Cardiganshire
    Watsonian Vice Counties – 3 mile (GB) Cardiganshire
    UK
    Countries with sea areas Wales
    Local Environmental Records Centre Boundaries of the UK West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre
    National Parks (UK) - 7075m buffer Snowdonia
    Special Areas of Conservation with marine components (UK) Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau
    Special Protection Areas with marine components (UK) Northern Cardigan Bay / Gogledd Bae Ceredigion
    UK, IoM, Channel Islands
    Hexagonal grid for reporting - 10km 14170
    Square grid for reporting - 10km 20655
    Wales
    Biospheric Reserves (Wales) Dyfi Biosphe (Core)
    Habitat mapping of the Southern Irish Sea (HABMAP Extension Project) (Wales) SS.SCS.ICS.SLan
    Special Areas of Conservation (Wales) Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau / Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau