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Occurrence record: Molluscs:MO86183

Preserved specimen of Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819) | Granulated Dog Cockle recorded on 2023-04-19
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Molluscs
Supplied collection code "Molluscs"
Catalog number MO86183
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Molluscs:MO86183
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Dry
Identified by D Potter  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes Site 420
Sampling protocol [Trawl]
Date identified 2024-01-29
Supplied as 29 Jan 2024

Event

Occurrence date 2023-04-19
Sampling protocol Trawl  
Verbatim event date 19 Apr 2023
End day of year 109
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 109

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melaxinaea vitrea
Identified to rank species
Common name Granulated Dog Cockle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Arcida
Supplied as "Arcoida"
Family Glycymerididae
Genus Melaxinaea
Species Melaxinaea vitrea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1819)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality E of Hixson Cay, MEQ
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -22.25
Supplied as: "-22.25"
Longitude 153.26
Supplied as: "153.26"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 186
Field notes Site 420
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 22° 15' South
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 15' 36" East

Additional properties

object id 535934

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Pompey & Swain Reefs, South-east GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Province
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Southern and Western Queensland Region
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 35.0 frequency
    Species Richness 20.0 frequency