
Clams and corals
Virtual Museum ID: 19-EKM18
Specimen Summary
Clams are part of the phylum Mollusca and they are a kind of bivalve molluscs. They spend most of their lives buried in the sand of the seafloor.
Corals are animals that are under the phylum Cnidaria. Corals exist in either individual polyps or in colonies that consist of hundreds of polyps. These polyps are soft bodied and secretes a hard outer skeleton made out of calcium carbonate.
Specimen Data
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Collection Details
Original Collection:
East Kootenay Chamber of Mine (EKM)Sub Collection:
-Collection ID:
EKM_18Virtual Museum ID:
19-EKM18Accessibility:
Date Added to VM:
2019-06-14Location Information
Sample Origin:
Bull River, B.C.Specific Site:
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611137.2134UTM Northing:
5480659.118Datum:
11 (NAD 83)Coordinate Accuracy:
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VM Category:
FossilPrimary Features:
Clams and coralsPrimary Mineral Formula:
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Advanced Geological Information
The following section provides geological data relating to the specimen or the site it was collected from, when available. Information has been obtained from various sources including private and government datasets but may not be up to date. Any geological time periods or ages listed often relate to the primary geology of the area, and may not be the actual date of an event such as mineral formation.
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