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Occurrence record: 26991579

Human observation of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) | Zebra Mussel recorded on 2022-07-18
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Overview

Occurrence ID 26991579
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) - Zebra Mussel
Licence CC-BY
Record Date 2022-07-18 (Day)
Locality The Battery Bar
Location Grid Reference: H96627702 Latitude: 54.632153 Longitude: -6.504499
Recorded by Montague, Jo
Identified by Montague, Jo
Identification verification status Accepted - considered correct

Dataset

Data partner Centre for Environmental Data and Recording
Data resource CEDaR Online Recording
Collection code CEDaR Recording | General CEDaR Records

Abundance

Individual count Hundreds

Event

Occurrence date 2022-07-18
Date precision Day
Event date 2022-07-18
Event remarks A huge abundance floating on the surface of the water just beyond the mouth of the marina at The Battery Mooretown into lough Neagh.
Event ID 19487646

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
Supplied scientific name "Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)"
Common name Zebra Mussel
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 Dreissena polymorpha
Genus Dreissena
Family Dreissenidae
Order Veneroida
Class Bivalvia
Phylum Mollusca
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NBNSYS0000006809
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon freshwater
Establishment means taxon Non-native
Scientific name authorship (Pallas, 1771)

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province Northern Ireland
Locality The Battery Bar
Latitude (WGS84) 54.632153
Longitude (WGS84) -6.504499
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 7.1
Bbox 54.632109,-6.504578,54.632197,-6.50442
Grid size in meters 10
Easting 296620
Northing 377020
Grid reference wkt POLYGON((-6.50458 54.63211,-6.50458 54.6322,-6.50442 54.6322,-6.50442 54.63211,-6.50458 54.63211))
Grid reference H96627702

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