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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P036886

Preserved specimen of Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758) | Sponge Finger recorded on 2006-12-04
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Mollusc"
Catalog number P036886
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P036886
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by R.C. Willan  
Identified date 2006
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2006

Event

Occurrence date 2006-12-04
Supplied as year:2006  month:12  day:4 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Vulsella vulsella
Identified to rank species
Common name Sponge Finger
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Ostreida
Family Pteriidae
Supplied as "Vulsellidae"
Genus Vulsella
Species Vulsella vulsella
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Lorim Point wharf, Weipa, NE. coast of Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Queensland, Australia
Latitude -12.61667
Supplied as: "-12.61667"
Longitude 141.86667
Supplied as: "141.86667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 1efeaef0-2d40-483c-a2c0-4a8917fac5a6
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Vulsella vulsella
    Coordinates -12.61667,141.86667
    Related records
    Record UUID f786410f-172b-4e12-8cb4-f614dcd09401
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Vulsella vulsella
    Coordinates -12.61667,141.86667

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions West Cape York
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Comalco ILUA
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sea, estuaries (includes seagrass)