Occurrence record: LC000053000A361A

Human observation of Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) | Hard-shelled clam recorded on 2020-05-15

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Overview

Occurrence ID	LC000053000A361A
Basis of record	Human observation
Scientific name	Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) - Hard-shelled clam
Licence	CC-BY
Record Date	2020-05-15 (Day)
Locality	Wrabness Point; Essex
Location	Grid Reference: TM163320 Latitude: 51.9452773946114 Longitude: 1.147062500023
Recorded by	Simon Taylor
Identified by	Simon Taylor
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	LC000053000A000E
Institution code	Supplied institution code "Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland"

Abundance

Organism quantity	R
Organism quantity type	CSGBI Code

Event

Occurrence date	2020-05-15
Sampling protocol	Field Observation
Date precision	Day
Event date	2020-05-15
Event ID	LC000053000A0BXS

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	Wrabness Point; Essex
Latitude (WGS84)	51.9452773946114
Longitude (WGS84)	1.147062500023
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	TM163320

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Country inferred from coordinates	Warning
Grid reference calculated using latitude and longitude	Warning
Show/Hide 17 passed properties
Basis of record not supplied	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Invalid collection date	Passed
Incomplete collection date	Passed
First of the month	Passed
Missing name of person who identified the specimen/observation	Passed
Data are generalised	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Name not recognised	Passed
Decimal coordinates not supplied	Passed
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Zero latitude	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty not valid	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty not specified	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Show/Hide 1 missing properties
Missing catalogue number	Missing
Show/Hide 72 tests that have not been run
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Unchecked (lack of data)
Higher taxonomy missing	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeference date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Badly formed altitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
unrecognisedOccurrenceStatus	Unchecked (lack of data)
Kingdom not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Name not in national checklists	Unchecked (lack of data)
Media unrepresentative	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Suspected outlier	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied coordinates are zero	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision not valid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing taxonomic rank	Unchecked (lack of data)
Longitude is negated	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude out of range	Unchecked (lack of data)
Homonym issues with supplied name	Unchecked (lack of data)
Collection code not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Habitat incorrect for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Invalid scientific name	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates converted from UTM	Unchecked (lack of data)
coordinatesNotCentreOfGrid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identification date before occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Zero longitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
Latitude is negated	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing an identification qualifier	Unchecked (lack of data)
Collector name unparseable	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the year	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates centre of country	Unchecked (lack of data)
Cultivated / escapee	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Institution code not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Image URL invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Possible duplicate record	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced protocol	Unchecked (lack of data)
Date precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied country not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Day and month transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unparseable verbatim coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
No collection date supplied	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Taxonomic issue	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing name of person who georeferenced the occurrence	Unchecked (lack of data)
Outside expert range for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced sources	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates derived from verbatim coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates are out of range for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Unchecked (lack of data)
Occurrence status assumed to be present	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth out of range	Unchecked (lack of data)
Invalid geodetic datum	Unchecked (lack of data)
Precision / range mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates are transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unable to convert UTM coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unrecognised ID verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Media unrepresentative for taxon	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification references	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Unchecked (lack of data)
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the century	Unchecked (lack of data)
Latitude Longitude calculated from grid reference	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing coordinate precision	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

England
Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (England)	Tendring District
Non-Metropolitan Counties and Greater London (England)	Essex County
RAMSAR (Wetlands of International Importance) (England)	Stour and Orwell Estuaries
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (England)	Stour Estuary
Special Protection Areas (England)	Stour and Orwell Estuaries
GB
Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (Great Britain)	Tendring District
GB countries	England
Ordnance Survey Grids - 100km	TM
Ordnance Survey Grids - 10km	TM13
Ordnance Survey Grids - 50km	TMSW
Watsonian Vice Counties (GB)	North Essex
Watsonian Vice Counties – 12 mile (GB)	North Essex
Watsonian Vice Counties – 3 mile (GB)	North Essex
UK
Countries with sea areas	England
Local Environmental Records Centre Boundaries of the UK	Essex Wildlife Trust biological records centre
Special Protection Areas with marine components (UK)	Stour and Orwell Estuaries
UK, IoM, Channel Islands
Hexagonal grid for reporting - 10km	3893
Square grid for reporting - 10km	30834

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value
Classification	Species		Mercenaria mercenaria
	Name match metric		taxonIdMatch
	Vernacular name	Qahog	Hard-shelled clam
	Scientific name	Mercenaria mercenaria	Mercenaria mercenaria
	Class		Bivalvia
	Genus id		NBNSYS0000176421
	Taxon concept ID		NBNSYS0000176422
	Kingdom id		NBNSYS0100001342
	Left		106540
	Habitat taxon		marine
	Phylum		Mollusca
	Kingdom		Animalia
	Class id		NHMSYS0001701934
	Genus		Mercenaria
	Phylum id		NBNSYS0000160443
	Order		Veneroida
	Taxon rank		species
	Establishment means taxon		Non-native
	Order id		NHMSYS0021054676
	Taxonomic issue		["noIssue"]
	Species id		NBNSYS0000176422
	Family id		NHMSYS0021054864
	Taxon ID	NBNSYS0000176422
	Family		Veneridae
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Scientific name authorship		(Linnaeus, 1758)
	Right		106540
Event	Date precision		Day
	Event date	2020-05-15	2020-05-15
	Year		2020
	Day		15
	Month		05
	Event ID	LC000053000A0BXS
Identification	Abcd identification qualifier		Not provided
	Identification qualifier		Not provided
	Identification verification status	Accepted - correct	Accepted - correct
	Identified by	Simon Taylor
Occurrence	Occurrence ID	LC000053000A361A
	Basis of record	HumanObservation	HumanObservation
	Recorded by	Simon Taylor	Taylor, S. Simon
	Rights holder	Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland
	Organism quantity type	CSGBI Code
	Sampling protocol	Field Observation
	Dataset name	Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records
	Institution code	Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland
	Occurrence status	present	present
	Supplied access controlled values	None	None
	Organism quantity	R
	Collection code	LC000053000A000E
Attribution	Data resource		Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records
	Data provider uid		dp117
	License	CC-BY	CC-BY
	Data Resource ID	dr756
	Data partner		Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland
Location	Decimal latitude	51.9452773946114	51.9452773946114
	Grid size in meters		100
	Georeference verification status	Accepted	Accepted
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	70.1	70.1
	Country		United Kingdom
	Grid reference		TM163320
	State province		England
	Decimal longitude	1.147062500023	1.147062500023
	Locality	Wrabness Point; Essex	Wrabness Point; Essex
	Geodetic datum	WGS84	EPSG:4326

Occurrence record: LC000053000A361A

Overview

Dataset

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Event

Taxonomy

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