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20170040

Classification
Scientific name: Vesicomya galatheae subterclass Euheterodonta (Knudsen, 1970)
Author: (Knudsen, 1970)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Vesicomyidae
Genus: Vesicomya
Species: galatheae
Higher classification: Animalia; Mollusca; Bivalvia; Autobranchia; Heteroconchia; Imparidentia; Venerida; Glossoidea; Vesicomyidae; Vesicomyinae
Location
Locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1
Water body: Pacific
Decimal latitude: 13.75833333
Decimal longitude: -116.6985167
Verbatim latitude: 13 45 30.000 N
Verbatim longitude: 116 41 54.660 W
Geodetic datum: WGS84
Minimum depth(m): 4080.00
Collection event
Recorded by: Dr Adrian Glover, Dr Helena Wiklund, Dr Thomas G. Dahlgren, Magdalena Georgieva
Expedition: ABYSSLINE
Vessel: RV Melville
Sampling protocol: Brenke Epibenthic Sledge
Collection date: 11 / 10 / 2013
Identification
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Vesicomya galatheae subterclass Euheterodonta (Knudsen, 1970)
Specimen
Catalogue number: 20170040
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mollusca
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:5594464
Registration code: MOEA
Kind of collection: wet
Individual count: 1
Zoology
Barcode: 011399187
Record
Occurrence ID: c609ed0c-f881-44c9-a6a0-3e36f0934997
Modified: 2021-05-25T11:48:02+00:00
Created: 2015-05-01T17:31:05+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2015-05-01T17:31:05+00:00
Last updated 2021-05-25T11:48:02+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb