MCZ Malacology 103343

Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1934-06-13

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: United States: Massachusetts: Barnstable | 1 mi. SW of Cotuit Highlands

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mala:103343 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Heterodonta Veneroida Veneroidea Veneridae
Common Name(s): northern quahog
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Autobranchia Heteroconchia Imparidentia Venerida Veneroidea Veneridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

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  • malacology accession number: 579

Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection ca.15 History

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  • Ledger with "Field # 1027" in Orig Number field [Number of Specimens: ca. 15]; Entered from ledger.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Barnstable
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 1 mi. SW of Cotuit Highlands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, 1 mi SW of Cotuit Highlands
  • Georeference:
  • 41.5981970°, -70.450674° (Error radius: 4807m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1934-06-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 13/Jun/1934
  • Collector:
  • William J. Clenchlinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Malacology 103326; 103327; 103328; 103329; 103330; 103331; 103332; 103333; 103334; 103335; 103336; 103337; 103338; 103339; 103340; 103341; 103342; 103343; 103344; 103345; 103346; 103347; 103348; 103349; 103350 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 102001-108000, pg.54;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:103326 Argopecten irradians to MCZ:Mal...

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