Occurrence record: LC000138000A1KXB

Human observation of Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) | Hard-shelled clam recorded on 1997-06-05
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Overview

Occurrence ID LC000138000A1KXB
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) - Hard-shelled clam
Licence CC-BY
Record Date 1997-06-05 (Day)
Locality Barras; Menai Strait; Anglesey.
Location Grid Reference: SH482656 Latitude: 53.1658106344133 Longitude: -4.2721348622708
Recorded by Tom Clifton
Identified by Tom Clifton
Identification verification status Accepted - correct
Occurrence vitality alive

Dataset

Data partner Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland
Data resource Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records
Collection code LC000138000A000A
Institution code Supplied institution code "Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland"

Abundance

Organism quantity C
Organism quantity type Range

Organism

Organism scope live specimen
Organism remarks C Range Conch Soc ACFOR (Estimate)

Event

Occurrence date 1997-06-05
Sampling protocol Field Observation
Date precision Day
Event date 1997-06-05
Event ID LC000138000A03NX

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 Wales
Locality Barras; Menai Strait; Anglesey.
Habitat None
Latitude (WGS84) 53.1658106344133
Longitude (WGS84) -4.2721348622708
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 SH482656

Additional properties

coordinate uncertainty meters 70.1

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