Occurrence record: LC000053000A3335

Human observation of Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) | Hard-shelled clam recorded on 1976-07
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Overview

Occurrence ID LC000053000A3335
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) - Hard-shelled clam
Licence CC-BY
Record Date 1976-07 (Month)
Locality Meonmouth; S. of Titchfield
Location Grid Reference: SU527025 Latitude: 50.8196501663019 Longitude: -1.2532444896389
Recorded by June Chatfield
Identified by June Chatfield
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 LC000053000A0004
Institution code Supplied institution code "Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland"

Event

Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1976, Month: 07, Day:
Supplied date "1976-07"
Sampling protocol Shore
Date precision Month
Event date 1976-07
Event ID LC000053000A0BBV

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name Hard-shelled clam
Supplied common name "Qahog"
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 Mercenaria mercenaria
Genus Mercenaria
Family Veneridae
Order Veneroida
Class Bivalvia
Phylum Mollusca
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NBNSYS0000176422
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon marine
Establishment means taxon Non-native
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province England
Locality Meonmouth; S. of Titchfield
Latitude (WGS84) 50.8196501663019
Longitude (WGS84) -1.2532444896389
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 SU527025

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