MCZ Malacology 317304

Nerita tessellata Gmelin, 1791

Date Collected:

1998-10-25

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: British Virgin Islands: Anegada Island | near wharf at Setting Point, from surface and underside of rocks on rip rap at and below water line

Current Identification
Nerita tessellata Gmelin, 1791 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Neritimorpha Cycloneritimorpha Neritoidea Neritidae
Common Name(s): checkered nerite
Determiner: Adam J. BaldingerORCID iD icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: A.J. Baldinger, Dec. 1998

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  • field number: ANE 98-05
  • malacology accession number: 1803

Part Condition Disposition Count
body (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 9 History

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  • Gastropoda. Relaxed overnight in approx. 7% MgCl2 (in tapwater water solution) added to seawater in collection bag. Fixed and preserved in approx. 70% EtOH.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Island:
  • Anegada Island
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Specific Locality:
  • near wharf at Setting Point, from surface and underside of rocks on rip rap at and below water line
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Caribbean Sea, British Virgin Islands, Anegada Island, near wharf at Setting Point, from surface and underside of rocks on rip rap at and below water line
  • Georeference:
  • 18.7229027°, -64.381455° (Error radius: 100ft) By: Adam J. Baldinger on 2020-03-19 (Source: 2020 Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (18° 43′ 22″ N  64° 22′ 53″ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • picked by hand
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1998-10-25
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 25/Oct/1998
  • Collectors:
  • Adam J. BaldingerORCID iD icon; Eric A. Lazo-WasemORCID iD icon

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