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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P035259

Preserved specimen of Musculus (Modiolarca) cumingianus (Reeve, 1857) | Three-area Mussel recorded on 1988-02-05
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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 P035259
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P035259
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal
Identified by R.C. Willan  
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2006

Event

Occurrence date 1988-02-05
Supplied as year:1988  month:2  day:5 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Musculus (Modiolarca) cumingianus
Supplied scientific name "Musculus cumingianus"
Identified to rank species
Common name Three-area Mussel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Mytilida
Family Mytilidae
Genus Musculus
Species Musculus cumingianus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Reeve, 1857)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
Locality off northern point of Christmas Bay, southern coast of Bagabag Island, NNE. of Madang, northern coast of Papua New Guinea.
Latitude -5.33333
Supplied as: "-5.33333"
Longitude 146.38333
Supplied as: "146.38333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code PG

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