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Occurrence record: 18667135

Human observation of Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 | Blunt gaper recorded on 1991-09-19
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Overview

Occurrence ID 18667135
Record number T-JNCCMNCR10667148
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 - Blunt gaper
Licence OGL
Record Date 1991-09-19 (Day)
Locality Station 4 (Hound Point, Firth of Forth)
Location Grid Reference: NT150795 Latitude: 56.001343 Longitude: -3.363715
Recorded by Forth River Purifica Board
Identification verification status Accepted

Dataset

Data partner Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Data resource Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) and associated benthic marine data held and managed by JNCC
Bibliographic citation Joint Nature Conservation Committee ([Insert download year]). Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) and associated benthic marine data held and managed by JNCC. Occurrence dataset on the NBN Atlas
Collection code JNCCMNCR10000429

Abundance

Organism quantity 98

Event

Occurrence date 1991-09-19
Date precision Day
Event date 1991-09-19
Event ID NBN-GA000190-JNCCMNCR10000429-2142002

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
Common name Blunt gaper
Taxon rank species
Name match metric Taxon GUID match
The match was based on the supplied taxon concept ID rather than the scientific name.
Species Mya truncata
Genus Mya
Family Myidae
Order Myoida
Class Bivalvia
Phylum Mollusca
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NHMSYS0021054650
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon marine
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province Scotland
Locality Station 4 (Hound Point, Firth of Forth)
Habitat Sublittoral
Latitude (WGS84) 56.001343
Longitude (WGS84) -3.363715
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 70.7
Bbox 56.000885,-3.3645,56.001801,-3.362929
Grid size in meters 100
Location ID 2337272
Easting 315000
Northing 679500
Grid reference wkt POLYGON((-3.3645 56.00088,-3.3645 56.0018,-3.36293 56.0018,-3.36293 56.00088,-3.3645 56.00088))
Grid reference NT150795
Verbatim depth -10 to -10 m

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