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Occurrence record: MO:S82670

Preserved specimen of Lyncina vitellus Linnaeus, 1758 | Milk-spotted Cowry
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S82670
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:82670
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations None
Collector Harrold, E.J.  
Supplied as "Harrold, E.J."
Individual count 3
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Unknown]

Event

Event ID Ex E.J. Harrold Collection (Purchased 1978)
Occurrence date Year: 1965, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1965 
Sampling protocol Unknown  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Lyncina vitellus
Identified to rank species
Common name Milk-spotted Cowry
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Supplied as "Littorinimorpha"
Family Cypraeidae
Genus Lyncina
Supplied as "Cypraea"
Species Lyncina vitellus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -23.299
Supplied as: "-23.2990"
Longitude 151.7115
Supplied as: "151.7115"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island North West Island
Island group Capricorn and Bunker Group
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to G/EARTH
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 23°17`56.64"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151°42`41.46"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Mackay-Capricorn
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Gladstone (R)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLADSTONE REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 25
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2503
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GLADSTONE HINTERLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GLADSTONE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GLADSTONE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GLADSTONE - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ROCKHAMPTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GLADSTONE

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 9238.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1454.0 frequency
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.820833 °C