MCZ Malacology 155586

Gouldia cerina (C. B. Adams, 1845)

Syntype of Thetis cerina  
  Paralectotype of Thetis cerina

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2010-09-29

Central America: Jamaica: Greater Antilles: Jamaica | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mala:155586 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Malacology 155586 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Gouldia cerina (C. B. Adams, 1845) linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Autobranchia Heteroconchia Imparidentia Venerida Veneroidea Veneridae
Common Name(s): waxy gouldclam
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Thetis cerina C. B. Adams, 1845 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Autobranchia Heteroconchia Imparidentia Venerida Veneroidea Veneridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

Adams 1845, page 9, Syntype of Thetis cerina C. B. Adams, 1845 types not specified in text
Clench and Turner 1950, page 392, Paralectotype of Thetis cerina C. B. Adams, 1845 Plate 44 fig7-8; by implication
Media type: text; Adams 1845 Description: Specierum Novarum Conchyliorum, in Jamaica Repertorum, Synopsis. Pars I. Species Marinae;

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Shows Publication: Adams 1845 Description: Specierum Novarum Conchyliorum, in Jamaica Repertorum, Synopsis. Pars I. Species Marinae

Media type: text; Clench and Turner 1950 Description: BHL link to paper;

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Shows Publication: Clench and Turner 1950 Description: BHL link to paper

  • malacology accession number: 1173

Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection >10 History
Remarks: estimated count- once recorded as 'many'
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-05-03
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=1900-01-08   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-05-03

  • None

  • Cotype; Entered from ledger.

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Jamaica
  • Island Group:
  • Greater Antilles
  • Island:
  • Jamaica
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005556 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Jamaica
  • Georeference:
  • 18.1692770°, -77.274719° (Error radius: 122659m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-09-10 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2010-09-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collectors:
  • Charles Baker Adamslinked data icon; Amherst College

  • None

Media type: text; Malacology 155576; 155577; 155578; 155579; 155580; 155581; 155582; 155583; 155584; 155585; 155586; 155587; 155588; 155589; 155590; 155591; 155592; 155593; 155594; 155595; 155596; 155597; 155598; 155599; 155600 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 150001-156000, pg.224;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:155576 Margaritana margaritifera to MC...

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