Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2008-07-23

North America: United States: Massachusetts | Nantucket Sound

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: 1173

Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection 7 History

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  • Entered from ledger.

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007517 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Nantucket Sound
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Massachusetts, Nantucket Sound
  • Georeference:
  • 41.4750000°, -70.091666° (Error radius: 115km) By: [no agent data] on 2009-10-18 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (41° 28′ ″ N  70° 5′ ″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2008-07-23
  • 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

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Media type: text; Malacology 154276;  154277;  154278;  154279;  154280;  154281;  154282;  154283;  154284;  154285;  154286;  154287;  154288;  154289;  154290;  154291;  154292;  154293;  154294;  154295;  154296;  154297;  154298;  154299;  154300 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 150001-156000, pg.172;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:154276 Oxystyla varia to MCZ:Mala:1543...

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