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Occurrence record: MO:S87271

Preserved specimen of Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Knife Finger Oyster
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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 S87271
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:87271
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kirkendale, L.  
Collector 1.  Hosie   2.  , A.   3.  Whisson   4.  , C.   5.  Hara   6.  , A.  
Supplied as "Hosie, A., Whisson, C. & Hara, A."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [CSIRO Sled]
Date identified 2013-01-01

Event

Event ID CSIRO King George River Expedition June 2013
Occurrence date Year: 2013, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2013 
Sampling protocol CSIRO Sled  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ensiculus cultellus
Identified to rank species
Common name Knife Finger Oyster
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Adapedonta
Supplied as "[unassigned] euheterodonta"
Family Pharidae
Genus Ensiculus
Species Ensiculus cultellus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -13.9048
Supplied as: "-13.9048"
Longitude 127.3289
Supplied as: "127.3289"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality S11
Min elevation -28.4
Max elevation -28.8
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to GPS
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 13.90484853°S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 127.3288588°E

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Kimberley Coast
    CAPAD 2020 Marine North Kimberley
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bonaparte Gulf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF WYNDHAM-EAST KIMBERLEY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Balanggarra (Combined)