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New Guinea
| Island/Location | Ninego Gp |  |
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| Family | Carditidae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Beguina semiorbiculata | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Suspension feeder | ||||
| Collection date | ca. 1919 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | Capt. W. Burrows | ||||
| Museum | Australian Museum | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | AM:C045938 | ||||
| Notes | Articulated with ligament. Exterior encrusted. 11.36g | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | New Britian |  |
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| Specific location | Kololo Cape, Hoskins Penin | ||||
| Family | Mactridae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Mactra hepatica | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Suspension feeder. Possibility of deposit feeding (?) | ||||
| Collection date | 31 Oct 1944 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | C. Davis | ||||
| Museum | Australian Museum | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | AM:C449010 | ||||
| Notes | Valve with ligament (worn). 0.97g | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | New Britian |  |
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| Specific location | Kololo Cape, Hoskins Penin | ||||
| Family | Archidae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Anadara sp. | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Suspension feeder | ||||
| Collection date | 31 Oct 1944 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | C. Davis | ||||
| Museum | Australian Museum | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | AM:C449012 | ||||
| Notes | Articulated with ligament. Very worn. 6.26g | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | Bismarck Arch. |  |
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| Specific location | New Hanover Is. | ||||
| Family | Pteriidae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Pinctada maculata | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Suspension feeder | ||||
| Collection date | ca.1919 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | Capt. W. Burrows | ||||
| Museum | Australian Museum | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | AM:C045975 | ||||
| Notes | Articulated values with ligament. Fine detail preservd. 0.39g | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | Kwato nr. Samarai |  |
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| Specific location | |||||
| Family | Pinnidae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Atrina vexillum | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Suspension feeder | ||||
| Collection date | 22 Sep 1948 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | G.P. Whitley | ||||
| Museum | Australian Museum | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | AM:C78106 | ||||
| Notes | Articulated with ligament. 2.26g | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | Manus Is, Admiralty Gp |  |
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| Family | Mitridae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Mitra (Strigatella) | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Carnivore | ||||
| Collection date | 1944 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | Lee Woolacott Collection | ||||
| Museum | Australian Museum | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | AM:C449016 | ||||
| Notes | Fresh with animal remains. 0.56g | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | Manus Is, Admiralty Gp |  |
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| Specific location | |||||
| Family | Pectinidae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Comptopallium radula | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Suspension feeder | ||||
| Collection date | 1954 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | Lee Woolacott Collection | ||||
| Museum | Australian Museum | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | AM:C132142 | ||||
| Notes | Articulated with ligament (worn). 19.48g | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | Finschafen, NE New Guinea |  |
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| Specific location | |||||
| Family | Arcidae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Barbatia sp. | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Suspension feeder | ||||
| Collection date | July 1944 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | Consett Davies | ||||
| Museum | Australian Museum | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | AM:C449015 | ||||
| Notes | Ligament present (worn). 7.08g | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | Abau Is |  |
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| Family | Veneridae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Gafrarium tumidum | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Suspension feeder | ||||
| Collection date | 1 Apr 1944 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | J Gregory | ||||
| Museum | Australian Museum | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | AM:C140963 | ||||
| Notes | Ligament present. 2.62g | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | Trobriand Gp |  |
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| Specific location | S side Kiriwina Is | ||||
| Family | Pteriidae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Pinctada imbricata | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Suspension feeder | ||||
| Collection date | Oct 1944 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | Consett Davies | ||||
| Museum | Australian Museum | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | AM:C119161 | ||||
| Notes | Ligament present (worn). Exterior flaky. 7.08g | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | Nr mouth of Ramu River |  |
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| Specific location | |||||
| Family | Veneridae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Meretrix sp. | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Suspension feeder | ||||
| Collection date | 1925-1926 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | R.W. Gosset | ||||
| Museum | Auckland Museum | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | AK - --- | ||||
| Notes | Articulated with ligament. 4.12g | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | Samarai, Nth New Guinea |  |
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| Specific location | |||||
| Family | Arcidae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Barbatia sp. | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Suspension feeder | ||||
| Collection date | 1 Nov 1938 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | WRB Oliver | ||||
| Museum | National Museum of New Zealand | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | NMNZ 200012226 | ||||
| Notes | Fresh with ligament | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |
| Island/Location | Manus Is, Admiralty Gp |  |
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| Specific location | |||||
| Family | Muricidae | ||||
| Genus/Species | Drupa ricinus | ||||
| Diet/Habitat | Carnivore | ||||
| Collection date | 1954 | ||||
| Collector/Collection | M.S.Kleckham | ||||
| Museum | National Museum of New Zealand | ||||
| Museum aquasition No. | NMNZ 20003047 | ||||
| Notes | Identified as fresh by Bruce Marshall. Sediment in central cavity. | ||||
| δ13C | CRA | ± | ΔR | ± | |