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  • Malacology 151652 MCZ Malacology
  • Corbula swiftiana
  • shell (dry)
  •    Paralectotype of Corbula swiftiana
    Syntype of Corbula swiftiana
  • Kingston Harbor
  • Central America: Jamaica: Greater Antilles: Jamaica
  • [no verbatim date data] (1700-01-01 - 2008-05-21)
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Identifications
Corbula swiftiana C.B. Adams, 1852
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Heterodonta Myoida Myoidea Corbulidae Corbula swiftiana
radial-ridged corbula; swift corbula
Identified by [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Citations
Adams 1852, Page 236, Syntype of Corbula swiftiana
"About 250 specimens were collected."
Clench and Turner 1950, Page 347, Paralectotype of Corbula swiftiana
Plate 48 fig1; by implication
 
Media of type text, Adams 1852. Description:Contributions to Conchology, vol. 1, no. 12
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Media Details
Contributions to Conchology, vol. 1, no. 12
Media of type text, Clench and Turner 1950. Description:BHL link to paper
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BHL link to paper
 
Locality and Collecting Event Details
Continent/Ocean: Central America
Country: Jamaica
Island Group: Greater Antilles
Island: Jamaica
Specific Locality: Kingston Harbor
Verbatim Locality: Jamaica, Kingston Harbor
Collecting Source: wild caught
Depth: 3 to 4 fms
Coordinates: 17.95° -76.783333° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 647 m
Brendan Haley; 2019-06-10; Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10
Coordinate Remarks: [UNDER REVIEW; GEOLOCATE_SCORE: 90; GEOLOCATE_PRECISION: High; GEOLOCATE_NUMRESULTS: 3]
Collecting Date: [no verbatim date data] (1700-01-01 - 2008-05-21)
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 Adams
Amherst College
Identifiers
malacology accession number: 1168
Part Details
Part Name Condition Disposition # Remarks
shell (dry) unchecked deaccessioned - discarded 1
Remarks: Cotype Discarded-Apr 1950; Entered from ledger.
Media
 
Media of type text, Malacology 151651;151652;151653;151654;151655;151657;151658;151659;151660;151661;151662;151663;151664;151665;151666;151667;151668;151669;151670;151671;151672;151673;151674;151675;151656. Description:MCZ Malacology Mollusca 150001-156000, pg.67

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Media Details
MCZ Malacology Mollusca 150001-156000, pg.67

 
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